Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) says that Jack Abramoff never influenced him, but Abramoff says in Vanity Fair that he got everything he ever asked for from Burns:
“Every appropriation we wanted [from Burns’ committee] we got. Our staffs were as close as they could be. They practically used Signatures [Abramoff’s restaurant] as their cafeteria."Burns’ former staffers have also made millions from going to work for telecom and tech firms that have received funding from Burns earmarks.