WASHINGTON – Seven major whistleblower groups told Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) his whistleblower advocacy “has changed the course of history for freedom of speech and government accountability to taxpayers.”

This year alone, Grassley has helped secure reinstatement and restitution for at least 15 whistleblowers at three separate government agencies. One of those reinstated whistleblowers wrote in a letter to Grassley: “Thank you for believing in me and believing that the choices I made were right and just... I firmly believe your actions in my case should make our fellow Americans very proud and your constituents in Iowa reassured in their choice to make you, their Senator.”

Grassley is the co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus. Read the whistleblower groups’ letter to Grassley on the Government Accountability Project’s website, or below.

November 7, 2025

The Honorable Charles Grassley
135 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Grassley,

At this year’s National Whistleblower Day luncheon, you pledged to always have whistleblowers’ backs. That was not mere political rhetoric. Again and again, you have proven it is a reality. This letter is to express appreciation for your leadership protecting whistleblowers through legislation and casework, and in particular your congressional amicus advocacy to the Supreme Court. You have been a leader in drafting and obtaining passage of the legal burdens of proof that are the cornerstone of civil service, intelligence community, and corporate whistleblower rights. You monitor their impact in practice as Chair of the Senate Whistleblower Caucus to close the gap between paper rights and reality.

All whistleblowers should be especially appreciative that you have defended their rights at the Supreme Court in bipartisan amicus briefs with Senator Wyden, the Whistleblower Caucus Vice Chair. You have taken that step twice recently, for corporate workers in Murray v. UBS, and last month for federal employees in Farrington v. Department of Transportation.

For decades your leadership in creating, monitoring and defending whistleblower rights has changed the course of history for freedom of speech and government accountability to taxpayers. It is deeply appreciated by those of us on the front lines fighting for those same objectives.

Sincerely,

Government Accountability Project
Empower Oversight
National Security Counselors
National Whistleblower Center (NWC)
Public Employees for Environmental Accountability (PEER)
Project on Government Oversight (POGO)
Whistleblowers of America (WOA)

The Make It Safe Coalition is a nonpartisan network advancing whistleblower protections through education and advocacy. We combat government and corporate fraud, waste, and abuse by supporting and empowering those who expose critical public safety and accountability issues. We are united in the cause of protecting those who honor their duties to serve and warn the public as whistleblowers.

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