False Claims Act - Congressional testimony

<body bgcolor="white"> <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500"> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"><p align="center"><a href="AF_frm.htm" target="_top">About the Firm</a> | <a href="fca_f.htm" target="_top">The False Claims Act</a> | <a href="wr_f.htm" target="_top">Whistleblower's reward</a> | <a href="caintr_f.htm" target="_top">Have a case?</a><a href="story_f.htm" target="_top"><br> Whistleblowers' stories</a> | <a href="resman_f.htm" target="_top">Resources</a> | <a href="what_f.htm" target="_top">What's new</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><font SIZE="4" COLOR="#333366">Congressional testimony of <br> John R. Phillips</font></td> <td valign="top"><img src="../../GIF/PC_url.GIF" width="143" height="14" align="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><br> <p>John R. Phillips helped Congress develop and write the 1986 amendments that strengthened the False Claims Act, providing greater rewards and better job protection for those who file qui tam (whistleblower) lawsuits.</p> <p>He has appeared before the Senate and House Judiciary committees five times to testify about the False Claims Act. In his early testimony he discussed the need for the 1986 amendments and how they would improve the False Claims Act, a Civil War-era law. In later testimony, he elaborated on what have been the results of the amended False Claims Acts qui tam provisions and suggested and endorsed some additional legislative changes that would make the law even more effective. <ul> <li><a HREF="85_f.htm" TARGET="_top">Senate Judiciary subcommittee, hearing on S. 1562, a bill to amend the False Claims Act, Sept. 17, 1985.</a> </li> <li>House Judiciary Subcommittee, hearing on False Claims Act amendments, Feb. 6, 1986. </li> <li><a href="90_f.htm" target="_top">House Judiciary subcommittee, hearing on False Claims Act implementation, April 4, 1990.</a> </li> <li><a href="92_f.htm" target="_top">House Judiciary subcommittee, hearing on H.R. 4563, technical amendments to the False Claims Act, April 1, 1992.</a> </li> <li><a href="93_f.htm" target="_top">Senate Judiciary subcommittee, hearing on S.841, amendments to the False Claims Act, Sept. 9, 1993.</a> </li> </ul> <p><br> </p> <p align="center"><br> <br> <br> <font SIZE="1">© 1998 Phillips and Cohen. All rights reserved<br> <a HREF="cred_f.htm" TARGET="_top">Credits</a></font> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>