Sen. Johnson to Social Security commissioner: Retaliation will not be tolerated

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Watchdog.org:

MADISON, Wis. – In the wake of allegations of retaliation against whistleblowers at a scandal-plagued Social Security Administration office, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is warning the agency that such actions will not be tolerated by his Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

 

In a letter Monday to SSA’s acting commissioner Carolyn Colvin, Johnson, R-Oshkosh, wrote that the “apparent attempt to identify and possibly prevent employees from communicating with Congress is unacceptable and alarming, given your assurances to the committee – as recently as last week – that SSA does not tolerate whistleblower retaliation.”

 

“I ask that you immediately direct all SSA officials in the leadership chain of command for Madison (Office of Disability Adjudication and Review) hearing office to cease all attempts to identify officials who may be providing information to Congress or the Office of Inspector General, as well as any other potential retaliatory actions,” wrote Johnson, chairman of the Senate committee.

 

“The committee will not tolerate any efforts silence or retaliate against SSA whistleblowers.”

 

‘UNACCEPTABLE AND ALARMING’: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in a letter to the Social Security Administration said retaliation against whistleblowers at the Madison Office of Disability Adjudication and Review will not be tolerated.

 

Johnson’s letter follows an incident Friday when Madison ODAR manager and whistleblower Deborah Holland was placed on administrative leave just hours after going public with more allegations of misconduct and retaliation in the SSA system.

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Ron Johnson: ‘Obamacare is a massive consumer fraud’

 

MADISON, Wis. – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has never been a fan of Obamacare.

 

On Thursday, the Oshkosh Republican described President Obama’s signature health care initiative as nothing less than criminal.

 

“Let me be very clear what this administration did. Massive consumer fraud, that’s what it was. Obamacare is a massive consumer fraud,” said Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

 

The committee held a hearing on the state of state health insurance markets after several years of Obamacare, or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as it officially has been dubbed.

 

http://watchdog.org/275969/obamacare-fraud-ron-johnson/