O'Connor, Patrick, attorney and lobbyist, O'Connor & Hannan Statement of: Anderson, Michael, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Babbitt, Bruce, Secretary, Department of the Interior Bieraugel, Nancy, resident, Hudson, WI; and Sandra Berg, resident, Hud- Duffy, John J., attorney, Steptoe and Johnson; and Thomas C. Collier, Gaiashkibos, chairman, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chip- pewa Indians; Arlyn Ackley, Sr., chairman, Mole Lake-Sokaogon Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians; and George Newago, chairman, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Havenick, Fred, Southwest Florida Enterprises 346 669 413 204 F.Supp. 1276 737 Wisconsin State Journal article dated January 23, 1998 Bennett, Richard, chief counsel, Committee on Government Reform and 646 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued Bennett, Richard, chief counsel, Committee on Government Reform and Quote from Judge Barbara Crabb Bieraugel, Nancy, resident, Hudson, WI, prepared statement of Burton, Hon. Dan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Indi- 216 Letters between the committee and White House, and a CRS opinion Cummings, Hon. Elijah E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Maryland, affidavits of Paula Hart and Troy M. Woodward Duffy, John J., attorney, Steptoe and Johnson, prepared statement of Gaiashkibos, chairman, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chip- pewa Indians, prepared statement of Hartman, Thomas H., Financial Analyst, Indian Gaming Management Havenick, Fred, Southwest Florida Enterprises, prepared statement of Horn, Hon. Stephen, a Representative in Congress from the State of Jaeger, Robert R., Superintendent, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Lakes 354 Kanjorski, Hon. Paul E., a Representative in Congress from the State National Indian Gaming Commission press release 951 Prepared statement of 1006 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued Skibine, George, Director, Indian Gaming Management Staff, prepared statement of Page 207 Snowbarger, Hon. Vince, a Representative in Congress from the State of Kansas, letter dated March 2, 1995 323 Souder, Hon. Mark E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Indiana: February 10, 1994, Hudson Star-Observer article Sununu, Hon. John E., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Hampshire: 941 574 867 97 Towns, Hon. Edolphus, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York, prepared statement of 1004 Waxman, Hon. Henry A., a Representative in Congress from the State of California: Letter dated August 18, 1992 78 Map of Hudson, WI 74 Tobacco facts Wilson, James C., senior investigative counsel, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: 167, 410 THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR'S DENIAL OF THE WISCONSIN CHIPPEWA'S CASINO APPLICATIONS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1998 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:20 a.m., in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Dan Burton (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Representatives Burton, Hastert, Morella, Cox, Mica, Davis of Virginia, Souder, Shadegg, Sununu, Pappas, Snowbarger, Waxman, Lantos, Kanjorski, Barrett, Norton, Fattah, Cummings, and Kucinich. Staff present: Kevin Binger, staff director; Richard Bennett, chief counsel; Judith McCoy, chief clerk; Teresa Austin, assistant clerk/ calendar clerk; William Moschella, deputy counsel and parliamentarian; Will Dwyer, director of communications; Ashley Williams, deputy director of communications; Dudley Hodgson, chief investigator; Barbara Comstock, chief investigative counsel; Dave Bossie, oversight coordinator; James C. Wilson, Robert Rohrbaugh, and Uttam Dhillon, senior investigative counsels; Kristi Remington and Bill Hanka, investigative counsels; Robert Dold and E. Edward Eynon, investigative attorneys; Robin Butler, office manager; Carolyn Pritts, Tom Bossert, and Barrett Davie, investigative staff assistants; Phil Schiliro, minority staff director; Phil Barnett, minority chief counsel; Kenneth Ballen, minority chief investigative counsel; Michael Raphael, David Sadkin, Michael Yang, and Michael Yeager, minority counsels; Harry Gossett and Rick Jauert, minority professional staff members; Ellen Rayner, minority chief clerk; and Jean Gosa and Andrew Su, minority staff assistants. Mr. BURTON. The committee will come to order. Good morning. Before I make any comments, I would like to ask my colleague, Mr. Waxman, if he is going into the wallpapering business. That is the biggest display I have seen. Perhaps in the future we could make them a little smaller, but we won't take too much issue with that. It is very colorful. Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Chairman, perhaps in the course of the hearing we could allow the people who have brought that exhibit to be able to present their side to us. I think it is appropriate, and I am going to make a point of that in my opening statement. We are hearing only one side of the story, and I think we ought to be able to hear all sides of the story since there is more than one involved. (1) |