[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      UNANIMOUS CONSENT OBJECTION

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I rise today to give notice of my intent to 
object to any unanimous consent agreement regarding Executive Calendar 
No. 630, the promotion of Col. David M. Church to be Brigadier General 
in the U.S. Army.
  While serving as the senior intelligence officer at the National 
Guard Bureau, Colonel Church was involved in retaliation against an 
Army officer who had turned information over to the Department of 
Defense Inspector General.
  The Continental Congress, on July 30, 1778, unanimously enacted the 
first whistleblower legislation, stating: ``It is the duty of all 
persons in the service of the United States, as well as all other 
inhabitants thereof, to give the earliest information to Congress or 
other proper authority of any misconduct, frauds or misdemeanors 
committed by any officers or persons in the service of these states, 
which may come to their knowledge.''
  Unfortunately, to this day, there are still people in government who 
retaliate against those brave individuals who are the fail-safe for our 
government. Such people have no place in public service.

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