vile sweat shop conditions. he used his connections to stopç any laws being passed to put those rights to a stop. during the time that congress was debating new labor standards for this made in the u.s.a. sweat shop land, abramoff was lobbying hastings and giving him gobs of cash at the same time. aides for mr. abramoff were briefing hastings about what questions he should ask during a committee hearing on the issue. at one point congressman hastings asked for a pro-mariana islands editorial to be entered into the record. hastings said he was not aware of that at the time. when jack abramoff went down, though, he went to prison. it's not like members of congress went with him, right?