STATEMENT FROM SENATOR MCCAIN REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS IN THE INDIAN LOBBYING INVESTIGATION


WASHINGTON - Generally, before issuing document production subpoenas to any party, the Committee seeks their voluntary cooperation. In the course of this investigation, the Committee obtained the cooperation of Century Strategies and Capitol Media. So, a subpoena as to those organizations is currently unnecessary. By contrast, after a 6-month dialogue, the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) refused to cooperate with the Committee, under the same terms and conditions as others have. Therefore, in furtherance of the Committee’s investigation, the Committee was compelled to subpoena ATR for the production of records pertinent to the investigation. In communication with ATR’s representative, the Committee repeatedly made clear that the Committee was not calling for the production of ATR’s donor list. As part of the Committee’s oversight function, we are examining instances of potential defrauding of Indian tribes.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2005