Watch Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) speak at National Whistleblower Center’s 2024 National Whistleblower Day celebration on Capitol Hill. Wyden is a founding member and co-chair of the Senate Whistleblowing Caucus. Throughout his political career, Wyden has championed whistleblowers and been a staunch supporter of stronger whistleblower protections and rewards. He has sponsored several bills to advance whistleblower rights, including the Covid-19 Whistleblower Protection Act, and recently secured protections for intelligence community whistleblowers in the 2025 Intelligence Authorization Act. In his speech, Wyden discusses the indispensable role that whistleblowers play in safeguarding democracy. He shares stories of whistleblowers across sectors and highlights their vital contributions to exposing corruption and combatting wrongdoing. His impassioned speech calls for the continued advancement of whistleblower protections.
