Scanlon appeared before the Senate
committee following damning testimony from two
Tigua Tribe (Yselta
del Sur Pueblo) of Texas representatives.
During
opening remarks and tribal testimony, dozens
of emails exchanged between Scanlon and
Jack Abramoff (Senior Director
of Government Affairs for the Greenberg Traurig
law and lobbying firm), were displayed. These
exhibits revealed what appeared to be an amazing
level of contempt for
their American
Indian clients, as well as what appeared to
be plans to bilk those tribal clients of millions
of dollars.
In his opening remarks, outgoing
committee chair Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
said, so far, the hearings have
revealed that, "while they were being paid tens
of millions of dollars, Abramoff and Scanlon
held their tribal clients in a very low regard
— often referring to them as monkeys, troglodytes,
morons and worse." He continued by saying, "our
investigation has continued to uncover other
distasteful and shocking details."
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To
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To
view the opening remarks of Committee Vice-Chair
Sen. Daniel Inouye, click
here. (Opening statements from the other
senators are not currently available from the
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To
view all of the the individual exhibits (there
are 63), click
here.