Burns: Guam LiesJust got a call from Sen. Conrad Burns’ (R-MT) spokesman Matt Mackowiak who, in response to our earlier story, unequivocally denied that Burns had ever earmarked money for Map Roi’s Guam project. This contradicts Guam Gov. Camacho’s assertion that Burns had.
“Burns never inserted it as an earmark in an Interior appropriations bill,” he said. “The project was not funded through Sen. Burns.”
He further said that he could find no evidence that Burns had even responded in writing or otherwse to Guam Gov. Felix Camacho’s request for an earmark. Camacho had written a letter to Burns, explaining the virtues of the Map Roi program.
Soon after writing the letter, Camacho claimed in his “State of the Island” address that Burns had inserted the earmark. According to Burns, this was a total fabrication.