Abramoff: Representative Miller's request for an investigation into potential wrongdoing by lobbyist Jack Abramoff

1. Congressman George Miller Reacts to Senate Abramoff Report; House Gives No Oversight to Abuses in the Mariana Islands -- (June 22, 2006)

2. DeLay's Departure Rhetoric on Human Dignity Belies His Actions -- (June 8, 2006 Press Release)

3. With DeLay and Abramoff Out, Chance for Long Stalled Marianas Reform Bill Grows -- (June 7, 2006)

   Additional Information:
   Statement by Representative Miller
   Legislative and Political Timeline of Republican Inaction on Issues Affecting the CNMI
   Background Information on the bill
   Bill Summary
   Bill Text (pdf file)
   Letters to Chairman Pombo, Speaker Hastert, and Majority Leader Boehner (pdf file)

4. National Public Radio Audio Program: Sweatshops in U.S. Territory -- (May 16, 2006 Article)

5. In One Particular Abramoff Case, Lawmakers Say Only an "Outside Counsel" Can Reveal the Truth -- (January 11, 2006 Press Release)

6. Abramoff-Congress Scandal Includes Labor/Immigration/Electoral Abuse in U.S. Territory -- (January 3, 2006 Update)

7. Bloomberg News: Justice Department Didn't Act on Warning About Abramoff Client -- (October 31, 2005 Article)

8. Lawmakers Call For Special Prosecutor to Investigate Political Interference by Jack Abramoff, Justice Officials in Criminal and Immigration Matters in Guam -- (October 6, 2005)

9. Representative Miller Provides Additional Info to Justice Department on Abramoff/CNMI -- (July 18, 2005 Press Release)

10. New Developments -- Abramoff, DeLay and the Northern Mariana Islands -- (May 6, 2005 Update)

11. Representative George Miller Calls For Congressional Investigation of Lobbyist Jack Abramoff and His Activities Regarding the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands -- (April 14, 2005 Press Release)

12. Miller Legislation Bars Indentured Servitude By Labor Recruiters -- (November 19, 2003 Press Release)

13. Miller Congratulates Attorneys in Historic Saipan Garment Suit For Winning Trial Lawyers of theYear -- (July 28, 2003 Press Release)

14. Congress Urges Chao to Support International Labor Organization Monitoring on Mariana Islands; ILO will ensure garment factories end labor abuses -- (March 18, 2003 Press Release)

15. Representative George Miller met with Chie Abad, a former Saipan garment worker in a GAP-contracted factory who was in Washington, DC, to speak at a screening of the documentary Behind the Labels: Garment Workers on U.S. Saipan -- (May 21, 2002 Photo)

16. Letter from Representative Miller to President Clinton on sweatshops and university apparel -- (May 7, 1999 Letter)

17. Representative Miller Praises Student Anti-Sweatshop Efforts; Encourages Movement to Continue -- (April 23, 1999 Press Release)

18. Letter from Representative Miller and 10 other Members of Congress to over 50 university and college presidents, as well as university organizations on sweatshops and university products -- (April 22, 1999 Letter)

19. Letter from Representative Miller to President Clinton on sweatshops and university apparel -- (March 24, 1999 Letter)

20. Letter from Representative Miller and other representatives encouraging students to campaign against sweatshops -- (February 25, 1999 Letter)

21. Dear Colleague Letter (February 1, 1999) -- End Labor and Human Rights Abuses on U.S. Soil: Save Our Textile Jobs

22. The Washington Post (January 14, 1999 Article) -- Top Clothing Retailers Labeled Labor Abusers Sweatshops Allegedly Run on U.S. Territory

23. "No Sweat University: Labor Standards and Codes of Conduct" -- Statement by Representative George Miller (October 6, 1998 Press Release)

24. "Beneath the American Flag: Labor and Human Rights Abuses in the CNMI" -- Report from George Miller and the Democratic Staff of the House Resources Committee (March 26, 1998 Report) (pdf file)

25. "Economic Miracle or Economic Mirage? The Human Cost of Development in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands" -- Report from George Miller and the Democratic Staff of the House Resources Committee (April 24, 1997 Report) (pdf file)
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