Congressional Travel for Dates 08/17/2003 to 08/18/2003

Congressional travel between 08/17/2003 and 08/18/2003

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	166	$604,517
Approved by Republicans	102	$359,937
Approved by Democrats	64	$244,579

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Diamond, Howard 08/17/03-08/25/03	Turkish-American Business Forum Inc.	Ackerman, Rep. Gary (-NY)	Turkey Education and cultural exchange	$4,580.00
	Busching, Mark 08/15/03-08/17/03	Destin Area Chamber of Commerce	Aderholt, Rep. Robert (-AL)	Destin, FL Informational	$217.80
	Busching, Mark 08/17/03-08/19/03	Business Council of Alabama	Aderholt, Rep. Robert (-AL)	Destin, FL Informational	$415.80
	Aderholt, Rep. Robert (-AL) 08/17/03-08/20/03	Business Council of Alabama	Aderholt, Rep. Robert (-AL)	Destin, FL Speaker at annual meeting	$926.21
	Ellis, Lauren N 08/18/03-08/20/03	St. Louis Agri-Business Club	Akin, Rep. Todd (-MO)	St. Louis, MO Congressional staff workshop	$678.79
	Sonnesyn, Matthew E 08/08/03-08/18/03	AIDS Responsibility Project	Alexander, Sen. Lamar (-TN)	South Africa - Botswana - ... more Fact-finding trip to view HIV-treatment programs in African countries	$4,827.00
	Unger, Paul R 08/17/03-08/23/03	European Institute	Allen, Sen. George (-VA)	France - England Congressional staff fact-finding trip on international trade in the services and aeronautics sectors	$7,125.00
	Gilliland, John R 08/10/03-08/17/03	U.S.-Russia Business Council	Baucus, Sen. Max (-MT)	Moscow, Russia - St. Petersburg, Russia Fact-finding trip and to discuss trade issues	$4,349.00
	Birkes, Lara K 08/17/03-08/24/03	Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office	Baucus, Sen. Max (-MT)	Taipei, Taiwan Fact-finding	$5,350.00
	Forbes, Linda Moore 08/16/03-08/24/03	Advanced Medical Technology Association	Bayh, Sen. Evan (-IN)	Brussels, Belgium - Geneva, Switzerland - ... more Fact-finding visits to medical device manufacturing facilities of U.S. companies	$4,815.58
	Salem, Charles S III 08/17/03-08/23/03	European Institute	Bayh, Sen. Evan (-IN)	Toulouse, France - Paris, France - ... more Discussion of trade with major European and American companies, facilities inspection, and meetings ... more	$6,575.00
	Najar, Joel F 08/14/03-08/21/03	Armenian Assembly of America	Becerra, Rep. Xavier (-CA)	Yerevan, Armenia Fact-finding: how US aid is used; on recent elections. Meetings with Armenian government officials a... more	$3,581.55
	Cobb, James F Jr 08/09/03-08/17/03	U.S.-China Policy Foundation	Bennett, Sen. Robert (-UT)	Beijing, China - Xian, China - ... more Fact-finding - intellectual property and trade issues	$3,545.00
	Campbell, Douglas J 08/16/03-08/24/03	American Turkish Council	Berman, Rep. Howard (-CA)	Turkey Meetings with Turkish government officials and business leaders	$4,975.00
	French, James A 08/17/03-08/20/03	Progress and Freedom Foundation	Berman, Rep. Howard (-CA)	Aspen, CO Participation in a panel discussion	$3,000.00
	Haire, John M 08/12/03-08/22/03	Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce	Berry, Rep. Marion (-AR)	Memphis, TN Tour economic development projects of the west Tennessee, east Arkansas, and north Mississippi regio... more	$967.37
	Kuzichev, Jennifer R 08/09/03-08/17/03	U.S.-Russia Business Council	Bingaman, Sen. Jeff (-NM)	Russia To better understand issues relating to U.S.-Russia relations, (commercial/political), with emphasis... more	$4,449.00
	Sekhar, Malini 08/10/03-08/17/03	University of Colorado	Bingaman, Sen. Jeff (-NM)	Colorado 2003 congressional staff field tour, energy tour	$1,350.00
	Gaston, Brian Steven 08/10/03-08/17/03	U.S.-Russia Business Council	Blunt, Rep. Roy (-MO)	Moscow, Russia - St. Petersburg, Russia Meet with government and business officials on U.S.-Russian commercial relations, particularly trade... more	$4,524.00
	Klippenstein, Brian 08/17/03-08/18/03	St. Louis Agri-Business Club	Bond, Sen. Christopher (-MO)	St. Louis, MO Review science, agricultural, and transportation issues important to the Agri-business Club	$800.00
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