BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this week successfully secured the promotions of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, prompting widespread praise.

Here’s what they are saying (WTAS):

“Senator Grassley really should be made a saint. His support for whistleblowers, and the way that that’s positively benefited this country, is immeasurable.” – Gary Shapley, IRS Whistleblower, Fox Business

“The first thing that stood out to me was that Senator Chuck Grassley was the one...he said, ‘You’ve got to bring these guys in to help you with this.’” – Brian Brenberg, Fox Business

“If there’s anybody who can help fix this broken agency, it would be Shapley and Ziegler. It’s kind of an amazing thing. And credit to Chuck Grassley.” – Dagen McDowell, Fox Business

“Thank you @ChuckGrassley, the all-time patron saint of whistleblowers. And thank you @SecScottBessent for hearing, recognizing, and promoting truth-tellers like Gary and Joe.” – Jason Foster, Founder, Empower Oversight

“@ChuckGrassley and the team @EMPOWR_us stood with Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler from the beginning.” – Catherine Herridge, Investigative Journalist

"Credit goes to Sen. Chuck Grassley, and Reps. Jim Jordan, James Comer and Jason Smith, who saw [Shapley and Ziegler's] stories through to this successful end... But the ultimate vindication—for them and taxpayers—is rewarding their integrity and dedication, making it a model for the federal workforce while clearing out the rot." – Wall Street Journal  

“[Secretary Bessent will bring] these men of integrity, dedicated civil servants, back into his office, now as senior advisers, to help him reform the IRS. Then they’ll go into the IRS as bosses, and that’s the way it should be. And shoutout to Chuck Grassley, the senator who really pushed this.” – Miranda Devine, Fox Business

“Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, touted his role in securing promotions for Shapley and Ziegler in a statement Tuesday. Grassley said he wrote Bessent multiple letters encouraging him to promote the two whistleblowers, and that ‘today's announcement is a result of Grassley's direct request.’” – ABC News

“The promotions follow Grassley’s requests to Trump and Bessent to put Shapley and Ziegler in leadership roles at the IRS after the career agents suffered illegal retaliation...” – National Review

“Sen. Chuck Grassley, a senior tax writer and longtime advocate for whistleblowers, praised the move, after urging Bessent last month to offer leadership roles to Shapley and Ziegler at the IRS.” – POLITICO

“Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who had been investigating the Biden family since 2019, pushed for the promotions and released a statement celebrating the news ... Shapley and Ziegler released their own statement thanking Bessent and Grassley.” – Washington Examiner

“Grassley had demanded in a 2024 letter that then-IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel end all retaliation against the whistleblowers. The Iowa senator also sent a letter to President Donald Trump in February telling him that Shapley and Ziegler ‘were illegally issued gag orders and retaliated against by the IRS under the Biden administration’ and that ‘this is unacceptable, and you have the power to put a stop to it today.’” – Just the News

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