Congressional Travel for Dates 06/27/2004 to 07/02/2004

Congressional travel between 06/27/2004 and 07/02/2004

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	211	$683,597
Approved by Republicans	117	$364,558
Approved by Democrats	95	$319,751

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Segner, Sharon K 06/28/04-07/02/04	United Kingdom	Alexander, Sen. Lamar (-TN)	London, England Discuss energy and climate change with British policy makers, scientists and business leaders	$3,468.00
	Gardner, Cory S 06/26/04-07/03/04	Chinese International Economic Cooperative Association	Allard, Sen. Wayne (-CO)	Taipei, Taiwan Fact-finding and educational visit to Taiwan	$4,200.00
	Allen, Rep. Tom (-ME) 06/27/04-07/02/04	Aspen Institute	Allen, Rep. Tom (-ME)	Lausanne, Switzerland To participate in a conference on the global environment	$10,812.80
	Tryon, Warren 06/26/04-07/04/04	Government of Switzerland	Bachus, Rep. Spencer (-AL)	Zurich, Switzerland - Bern, Switzerland Cultural exchange and to meet Switzerland's government officials	$5,461.79
	Kugel, Jennie 06/30/04-07/03/04	Starbucks Coffee - Seattle Art Museum - ... more	Baird, Rep. Brian (-WA)	Seattle, WA To gain a better understand of the key issues facing businesses in Washington state	$1,003.00
	Black, Andrew J 06/29/04-07/01/04	Association of American Railroads	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	White Sulphur Springs, WV Legislative issues conference	$830.00
	Couri, Gerald S II 06/29/04-07/02/04	Information Technology Industry Council	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	Portland, OR - Seattle, WA High-tech fact-finding trip	$2,028.00
	Chabel, Simon E 06/27/04-06/30/04	Microsoft Corp.	Baucus, Sen. Max (-MT)	Seattle, WA Microsoft congressional visit legislative overview	$1,952.76
	Bell, Rep. Chris (-TX) 06/27/04-07/04/04	Consular Forum	Bell, Rep. Chris (-TX)	Houston, TX - Paris, France - ... more Cultural, business and educational exchange	$2,912.00
	Sechrist, Amber N 06/26/04-07/04/04	Advanced Medical Technology Association	Bennett, Sen. Robert (-UT)	Munich, Germany - Heidelberg, Germany - ... more Health care policy fact-finding trip	$4,441.64
	Brown, Derek E 06/27/04-06/30/04	Microsoft Corp.	Bennett, Sen. Robert (-UT)	Seattle, WA Visit Microsoft campus and discuss policy matters concerning the high-tech industry	$1,994.33
	Marks, Laura L 06/24/04-06/27/04	Mutual of Omaha Companies	Bereuter, Rep. Doug (-NE)	Omaha, NE To attend Mutual of Omaha's congressional staff seminar	$712.09
	Campbell, Douglas J 06/27/04-07/02/04	American Israel Education Foundation	Berman, Rep. Howard (-CA)	Israel Meetings with U.S., Israeli and Palestinian officials and experts	$2,743.35
	Blinken, Antony J 06/28/04-07/01/04	Fondazione Italianieuropei	Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)	Rome, Italy Participate in conference on trans-Atlantic relations with leaders and officials from Italy, Britain... more	$2,150.00
	Melvin, Carrie E 06/29/04-07/02/04	Florida Department of Citrus - Florida Citrus Mutual	Bilirakis, Rep. Michael (-FL)	Orlando, FL Educational trip to learn about the Florida citrus industry and the problems it faces, specifically ... more	$456.15
	Epstein, Jonathan 06/27/04-07/01/04	Nuclear Energy Institute	Bingaman, Sen. Jeff (-NM)	Avignon, France - Almelo, Netherlands Review front end nuclear fuel cycle	$2,760.00
	Dennis, James R 06/29/04-07/03/04	Information Technology Industry Council	Bingaman, Sen. Jeff (-NM)	Portland, OR - Seattle, WA To visit high technology sites and meet with tax and trade representatives to discuss policies invol... more	$1,973.00
	Blackburn, Rep. Marsha (-TN) 06/29/04-06/30/04	Tennessee Gas Association	Blackburn, Rep. Marsha (-TN)	Jacksonville, FL - Nashville, TN - ... more Educational; keynote speaking at the conference	$1,076.02
	Benner, Janine L 06/26/04-07/02/04	Sierra Club - Alaska Coalition - ... more	Blumenauer, Rep. Earl (-OR)	Kaktovik, AK - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK - ... more Fact-finding trip on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil drilling energy and wildlife issues	$3,056.66
	Blumenauer, Rep. Earl (-OR) 06/27/04-07/02/04	Aspen Institute	Blumenauer, Rep. Earl (-OR)	Lausanne, Switzerland Participate in a conference on the global environment	$9,128.60
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