Congressional testimony of John R. Phillips

John R. Phillips, a founding partner of Phillips & Cohen LLP, 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.

He has appeared before the Senate and House Judiciary committees five times to testify about the False Claims Act and the qui tam provisions. In his early testimony he discussed the need for the amendments and how they would improve the False Claims Act, a Civil War-era law. In later testimony, he elaborated on the early results of the amended False Claims Act’s qui tam provisions and suggested and endorsed additional legislative changes to make the law even more effective.

• Senate Judiciary subcommittee, hearing on S. 1562, a bill to amend the False Claims Act, Sept. 17,1985.
  
  
• House Judiciary subcommittee, hearing on False Claims Act amendments, Feb. 6, 1986.
  
  
• House Judiciary subcommittee, hearing on False Claims Act implementation, April 4, 1990.
  
  
• House Judiciary subcommittee, hearing on H.R. 4563, technical amendments to the False Claims Act, April 1, 1992.
  
  
• Senate Judiciary subcommittee, hearing on S.841, amendments to the False Claims Act, Sept. 9, 1993.