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Hi Maya. Nice to speak with you today As I mentioned, I will be corning to Saipan on the evening of February 12 and departing the late afternoon of the 14th 1 would be delighted to visit with the Governor and you whenever you are free. Just let me know, 1 will be checking email prior to my arrival. In accordance with our discussions, I wanted to provide you with some additional information about the team I brought with me from Preston Gates. With the exception of Mike O'Neil (who will be remaining at Preston to my knowledge) and a few other more minor participants, all of the persons who worked on the CNMI account will be joining me, with the other exception being those of our team who have or are joining the Bush Administration. In addition to myself, the team members include Kevin Ring, Shawn Vasell, Todd Boulanger, Alan Slomowitz, Amy Berger, Michael Scanlon, Pat Wilson and Sara Rizzo. In addition, we have added Tony Rudy; the former Deputy Chief' of Staff for Congressman Torn DeLay, who is our biggest supporter on Capitol Hill Tony was very active on behalf of the CNMI and is fluent in all of our issues. The former members of our team who are now joining President Bush include Pat Pizzella (now chief of staff of the Office of Personnel Management), Dennis Stephens (who is expected to be named as Deputy Chief of Staff for the Interior Department) and Rick Valentine (who is expected to be Assistant Attorney General under AG designate John Ashcroft). The new client manager, replacing Mike O'Neil, will be Kevin Ring. Kevin is the former chief counsel for Senator Ashcroft from the Judiciary Committee, and was the top staffer for Congressman John Doolittle (another hero for the CNMI), as well as the executive director of the Conservative Action Team, now called the Republican Study Committee, which is the largest Congressional member organizing on the Hill. Kevin is a most talented attorney and was asked by Senator Ashcroft to join him at Justice Fortunately, Kevin remained with us and is, without question, one of the stars of the lobbying world. Kevin is fluent in each issue and served as an understudy to Mike O'Neil during the period when Mike ran this client matter for us. I am certain Kevin will lead the effort with great success. I hope that this provides you with the information you require and that you will let me know if there is any additional information you require. Regards,
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From: To: Cc: Sent: Subject: <ringk@gtlaw.com> <govcounsel@saipan.com>, <mayagsaipan.com> <abramoffiggtlaw.com> Wednesday, October 10, 2001 4:21 AM GREAT NEWS -- $2 million in compact impact aid going to CNMI

We just received this excellent news today this should help at your hearing Our sources inside the Interior Appropriations Conference just told us that the CNMI is going to get an additional $1 million in compact impact aid (on top of the $1 million we secured in the House bill). In other words, the CNMI will receive $2 million in compact impact aid in FY2002. (We are working on additional appropriations as well). As you probably know, the CNMI received ZERO in compact impact aid in FY 2000 and $1 million in FY 2001. This is excellent news. We are very happy, and we hope the CNMI will be pleased with these efforts as well. We believe that this additional funding - -along with other funds we expect to secure by the end of the year - will make clear to even our biggest critics that we pay for ourselves. So far this year, we have been able to stop Murkowski, fight the minimum wage that will cost the CNMI millions and any tariffs (imposition of either would cost the CNMI Government hundreds of millions in lost revenues), do all of the other things I sent you on the list - and now we have made sure the cost to the CNNEI is nothing by securing $2 million in federal aid. One note: the deal has not been finalized. This news conies from friends inside the room. It should be finalized in the next day or two and we are confident that the $2 million is secure. Feel free to share this news today with the Senate Fiscal Affairs Committee. Please call with any questions.

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From: To: Sent: O'Neil, Mike (DC) <MikeOprestongates.com> <sandvold.govsaipan.com>: <govcounselsaipan.com> Sunday, October 29, 2000 2:10 AM Legislative update

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Hi Julie and Maya. Here's the latest. Franks/Abraham. Congress has today passed another one day continuing resolution and is not getting much else done in terms of floor action. Negotiations with the Administration continue behind closed doors, but we will not see a final Labor HES appropriations conference report until Monday or Tuesday. Some parts of that bill are now being finalized, however, and our friends are reviewing everything for any further attempt.; to sneak in CNMI provisions. At this point, we are proceeding on the assumption that yesterday's attempt to apply tariffs to CNMI goods was not the Administration's big push. That will probably come, if it does, in a very small group of the most senior negotiators and at the last minute when big deals hang in the balance. Our tactics in preparing for this possibility are to point out that. (1) this is opposed by the committees of jurisdiction- - Ways and Means and Senate Finance, (2) this will spell economic havoc for a small island economy about which the negotiators know next to nothing; and (3) this is a not so subtle attempt to discredit Republican conservatives led by Tom DeLay. Our principal worry at this point is that the provision that may be advanced will be new and not so harsh as the previous attempt, so that its economic impact may be less obvious. For this reason, we have been stressing to all our friends that any CNMI provision is harmful and should be rejected. Yesterday's sneak attack helps emphasize that point and we are making sure everyone in leadership and all the appropriators who are helping us know about it. Thus far today, we can report that no new anti-CNMI efforts have been detected. We will keep you info) Hied. Minimum Wage. As earlier reported, the Senate may not take up the omnibus tax bill (including the minimum wage hike, but not CNMI coverage) until Tuesday. The President still threatens a veto. It is still possible that a grand bargain on both appropriations and taxes will allow some sort of "fix" in the Labor HI-IS bill that will convince the President to sign the tax bill and DC/CJS. If not, the tax bill - and with it a minimum wage hike - will die The issue will then return next year, and probably become a major battleground issue between the parties regardless of who controls Congress and the White House.
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Julie and Maya. Franks/Abraham. We have a busy day tracking down and defeating an effort in the House to strip the CNMI of its tariff free access to U S. markets. An effort was made to slip such a provision into the Labor HES appropriations conference report, the only appropriations measure left. We received notice this morning that a "Northern Marianas customs" provision had been proposed to Ways and Means as an insert in the Labor HHS bill. We spread the alarm immediately to our leadership and Ways and Means contacts This afternoon, after numerous calls and follow ups, we were assured that this proposal had been "blue slipped", Ways and Means terminology for its rejection, by Chairman Archer The proposal would have repealed the CNMI's tariff free access to US markets. The Ways and Means rejection was the strongest possible - on both jurisdictional and substantive grounds. The Chairman does not want tax provisions in appropriations bills. Also, he agrees with us, and the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), that the last thing Congress should be doing is imposing taxes on an American territory At our urging, ATR had put out last week an excellent letter to all Members of Congress and Senators denouncing the Abrahanaranis efforts to take away the CNATI's tariff free access to the US. We were able to refer to it frequently today and in many of the meetings we have had with Members and staff over the last 10 days. A related appropriations development was the passage today by the Senate of the DC/CJS appropriations conference report 49-42. Whether the bill will now be sent to the President, where it faces a veto, or held until some sort of final agreement is reached with the White House on the Labor IllIS bill, is not clear yet. We will continue to watch the Labor HI-IS bill very carefully. Minimum Wage. The tax bill (with the minimum wage hike in it) will not be voted on by the Senate until next week. Right now it faces a veto from the President and it is very uncertain whether Republicans will agree to further tax provisions - probably in the Labor FINIS bill - that will persuade him to sign it The possibility that tax provisions may get placed in the Labor MIS bill, despite Chairman Archer's jurisdictional objections, only underscores
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the importance of watching that bill ex-tremely carefully, It also makes the Ways and Means substantive rejection of the tariff proposal a very encouraging sign. We are going to continue to reinforce that objection in frequent contacts with Ways and Means and leadership staff over the weekend and until the Congress finally adjourns, which now looks to be no earlier that next Tuesday or Wednesday.

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Julie/Maya, here is the latest. Things have begun to heat up. > Franks/Abraham. The Administration has finally shown its > hand and is pushing hard to have the Franks/Abraham legislation included > in the final omnibus appropriations bill. Today both House and Senate > offices received calls from the head of the White House Congressional > Affairs Office urging support. We are working with a number of > organizations, including the National Retail Federation, in urging just as > strongly that Franks/Abraham not be added. > On the Senate side,, the White House has been contacting > sponsors of the Abraham bill. In the House, they have contacted numerous > members, including Chairman Dreier of Rules and the Ways and Means Trade > Subcommittee Chairman Crane. We are in regular contact with all these > offices. The latter two told the Speaker's office they do not want this > legislation attached to any bill. We have also worked to get Chairman > Young to communicate his strong opposition to the Speaker and that has > been done. We are working closely with the Speaker's office and the > Whip's office. They will check all language that will go into the final > appropriations and tax bills that Congress will consider from now until > they adjourn, which looks likely to be this weekend. We believe that this > will enable us to detect any effort to put Franks/Abraham in final bill > language. > Minimum Wage. The minimum wage provision also remains in > play as part of a large tax bill that will be the last big bill sent to > the President. That bill is finally taking shape. The Republican > leadership sent a letter to the President today outlining what will be in > it. The actual minimum wage language continues to exclude any application > to the CNMI, but we anticipate that the White House may try to change that > as well. So far, however, there is no real negotiation taking place on > the bill's provisions, just a take or leave it presentation by the House > and Senate leadership. We will be monitoring all deliberations very > carefully for the expected White House counteroffer

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BIOS Congressional Staffers and Policy Makers Fact-finding Visit Northern Mariana Islands March 23-27, 1997

Howard F. McDonald, Chief of Staff for U.S. Representative Howard Coble. Mr. McDonald has served with Representative Coble since 1984. Prior to that, he was news and sports director and reporter for a radio croup In North Carolina. He has played a key leacjorship role in the N.C. Society of Washington, the second-largest state society in the capitol. U.S. Representative Howard Coble, 7th term Republican from North Carolina. Born, 03/18/31. Committees: Judiciary Courts & Intellectual Property Subcommittee Crime Subcommittee

Greg Peek, Legislative Director to U.S. Rep. Helen Chenowith. A graduate of Catholic University Law School, prior to holding his current position, Mr. Peek served in the office of U.S. Rep. Barbara Vucanovichl (R-Nevada). Ha is responsible for overseeing all of Rep. Chenoweth's legislative activities, including her Resource Committee duties. U.S. Rep. Helen Chenowlth, 2nd term Republican from Idaho. Born 01/27/38 Committees: Agriculture Resource Conservation, Research & Forestry Subcommittee Resources Energy & Mineral Resources Subcommittee National Parks, Forests & Lands Subcommittee Water & Power Resources Subcommittee

Bob Hoist., Chief of Staff for U.S. Rep. Philip S. English Prior to joining Rep. English's staff two years ago, Mr. Hoists served for several years in various positions for the State of Pennsylvania, including five years as director of Policy and Planning in the office of the Attorney General. U.S. Rep. Phil English, 2nd term Republican from Pennsylvania Committees Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Social Security Subcommittee

Halle Bering-Jensen, Deputy Editorial Page Editor of the Washington Ms. Bering Jensen, who holds a Masters degree from the University Times of Copenhagen, Denmark, has taught writing at Tufts University in Boston. Her articles have appeared In the Weekly Standard, the National Review, the Boston Herald, German Life, Smithsonian Magazine, Arts & Antiques, and the Scandinavian Review. She'has appeared on the BBC, CNN, C-SPAN, the Fox Morning News, and National Empowerment Television.

Jason W.A. Bertsch, Managing Editor, the Public interest, the nation's most respected neoconservative, public policy quarterly. Before assuming his present position, Mr. Bertsch served as assistant to the political editor of the Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, and as Legislative Office Assistant to U.S. Senator Sam Nunn. His articles have appeared in the National Review, the Washington Tiems, The American Enterprise, the Indianapolis Star, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, Congressional Quarterly's Democratic and Republican Convention Guides, and the American Caucus.

John C. Liu, Director of Research and Policy, Pacific Research institute for Public Policy (San Francisco). Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Liu, who holds a law degree from Tulane University School of Law, served as Senior Health Care Policy Analyst for The Heritage Foundation. Prior to that, he served as Legislative Counsel to U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, Legislative Assistant/Counsel to U.S. Rep. Bill Lowery, Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator John Seymour, and Legislative Fellow to U.S. Senator Robert Kasten.

Philip Terzian, Associate Editor of The Providence Journal, and nationally syndicated columnist (Providence, Rhode Island). A former speechwriter for Democratic National Chairman Lawrence O'Brien and finalist for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, Mr. Terzian began his career at the Reuters Washington Bureau and US News & World Report. He served as Assistant editor of The New Republic and Assistant Editor of the editorial pages of the Los Angeles, Times, before becoming editorial page editor of the Journal in 1986. y His articles appear in The Wall Street Journal, The American Spectat( The New Criterion, The Weakly Standard, and elsewhere. He appe on C-SPAN and on Washington Week in Review (PBS).

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The following was submitted into the Congressional Record today by Congressman DeLay. Please feel free to release it to the press. Jack.

From: Rudy, Tony C.[SMTP:Tony.Rudy@mail.house.govj Seni: Wednesday, March 19, 1997 2:13 PM To: Jack Abramhoff (E-mail) FREEDOM AND PROSPERTY FOR THE CNMI Last week, joined by my colleague and friend Phil Crane, the Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee, I had the pleasure of meeting Gov. Froilan Tenorio of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marinias Islands (CNMI). Gov. Tenorio has embarked on a bold course to promote economic and political liberty in the CNMI. The brave men and women who died for freedom at the battle Saipan would be proud to know that Gov. Tenorio has been a true champion of freedom in the Western Pacific. Gov. Tenorio recognizes that the market, and not the government, is the engine of job creation. Gov. Tenorio has pushed forward with a program of privatization, fiscal restraint and lower taxes for his people. Gov. Tenorio did not come to Washington looking for taxpayer benefits, welfare or handouts. He came to promote his market reforms. Mr. Speaker, Gov. Tenorio deserves our support. During his administration, Gov. Tenorio has actively pursued ad courted businesses around the globe to open shop in the CNMI. Like President Reagan in the 1980's, Tenorio has kept taxes low. Low tax rates have actually increased productivity, which in turn, increased revenue for the government of the CNMI. Additionally, the governor has recognized the importance of trade and has demonstrated how trade with Asian markets can bring prosperity. The economic changes that have taken place in the CNMI have been nothing short of miraculous. In 1970 most roads were unpaved and most homes lacked running water. There were 55 licensed businesses on the islands,
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CNMI dropped laws common elsewhere in Micronesia that restricted foreign investment. It reduced the regulatory burden on business. The island also reformed its punitive tax system. The result has been economic growth. As Peter Ferrara of Americans for Tax Reform said, "Once a dismal outpost of failed state socialism, the islands have now been thoroughly integrated in the dynamic economy of the Pacific Rim." The number of businesses on the islands has grown from 55 to 5,000. Gross business revenue rose from $244.4 million in 1986 to $1.477 billion in 1994. Only 1,056 people were employed in 1970, most by the government. Twenty years later, 25,965 people were working, 22,795 of them for the private sector. Unemployment has fallen from 15 percent four percent since 1980. The pro-growth economic policies of the CNMI have been in stark contrast to the experiences of other American territories in the Pacific, such as Guam and American Somoa. The unemployment rate in Somoa is close to 16 percent. The government is the most important provider of jobs in the American Somoa and, as of 1989, nearly 60 percent of the residents had incomes below the poverty lines. In Guam, where the local economy has benefited from U.S. military presence on the island, but the unemployment rate remains higher than in the CNMI. The governor's efforts have not come without criticism by some who believe that Washington knows better how to create jobs for the people of the islands than the people of the CNMI themselves. Rep. George Miller of California, believes that Washington should impose the federal minimum wage on the people of the CNMI. Make no mistake about it, passage of that bill would kill jobs, growth, and opportunity. Most Members of Congress recognize that a higher minimum wage would result in a withdrawal of industry from the islands and widespread unemployment. Factories would move from the CNMI to other Pacific Dutposts that were not burdened by Washington wage controls. nstead of trying to impose red tape and mandates on the people of the NMI, we should look to the CMNI as a model of reform. Like the CNMI, Vashington should provide tax relief for the American people. We should ecognize that pro-business policies create jobs. And we should ecognize that free trade creates prosperity. The CNMi is proof ositive that these policies work.
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While we shouldn't imposL Nashington mandates on the GNMI, we should also allow the people of the island more control over their own lands. Governor Tenorio described to Mr. Crane and me the trouble the people of Tinian are having with unreasonable federal control of their land. Governor Tenorio asked us to look into assisting the people of Tinian with opening up more of their land for development and use in accordance with their cultural and economic interests. Congressman Crane and I hope to become active in bringing a positive resolution to this matter and other areas where we can help the people of the CNMI. The CNMI is on the right track. Their Pacific neighbors should view the economic policies on the CNMI as a model. Washington should also acknowledge that Gov. Tenorio's policies are on the right track. Let's not nip job creation and economic reform in the bud with ill-t-ollueived 'Washington knows best" legislation. It's time that we recognize and respect the impressive progress that this group of American citizens halfway around the world has achieved.

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August 1, 1996 The Honorable Froilan C. Tenorio Governor Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Caller Box 10007 Saipan, MP 96950 n Dear Governor Tenorio: It is 5:00 am and I am in my room awaiting your call (234-1234, room 438). I have great news! Gallegly's bill was DEFEATED at the markup which finished about an hour ago. Early in the day, Lloyd Meeds picked up a potential group of Democrat opponents to the bill.
With this group it became possible to fight the bill in committee, even though it was not certain we

would be victorious. We were able to add four conservative Republicans to the block of Democrat opponents and defeat the bill by a vote of 13-12. Please call me so that I can come by to see you first thing this morning to discuss how you should reveal this information to the press. I can be at your house in five to ten minutes from the time you call me. If I have not heard from you by 6:30 am I will call you at your house. It is critical that you do not comment on this in the press until I have had a chance to brief you in detail as to what happen at today's markup. Kindest regards,

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