Congressional Travel for Dates 02/17/2004 to 02/18/2004

Congressional travel between 02/17/2004 and 02/18/2004

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	202	$549,792
Approved by Republicans	124	$286,408
Approved by Democrats	78	$263,383

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Goldberg, John J. 02/15/04-02/18/04	AgBiotech Planning Committee - Biotechnology Industry Organization - ... more	Goodlatte, Rep. Bob (-VA)	San Juan, Puerto Rico Review federal regulations and policy an biotechnology	$1,300.90
	Parker, Elizabeth J. 02/14/04-02/18/04	AgBiotech Planning Committee - Biotechnology Industry Organization - ... more	Goodlatte, Rep. Bob (-VA)	San Juan, Puerto Rico Review federal regulations and policy on biotechnology	$1,300.90
	Riley, John P. 02/15/04-02/17/04		Goodlatte, Rep. Bob (-VA)	Indian Wells, CA Attend and address the 2004 Crop Insurance all-industry annual meeting	$898.00
	Ritchie, Branden Robert 02/16/04-02/19/04	Information Technology Industry Council	Goodlatte, Rep. Bob (-VA)	San Francisco, CA Conference on information technology; tour of tech companies	$1,904.00
	Folbre, Claire K. 02/18/04-02/20/04	Florida Sugar Cane League - Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida	Goodlatte, Rep. Bob (-VA)	Palm Beach, FL Educational trip visiting sugar cane farms and facilities	$896.48
	Paris, Elizabeth Crewson 02/17/04-02/18/04	Renewable Fuels Association	Grassley, Sen. Chuck (-IA)	Miami, FL Annual national ethanol conference	$607.00
	Paulsen, Zachary W. (Zach) 02/18/04-02/26/04	Confederation of Indian Industry	Grassley, Sen. Chuck (-IA)	Delhi, India - Chennai, India - ... more Meetings with government officials, as well as American and Indian business representatives	$3,500.00
	Greenwood, Rep. Jim (-PA) 02/17/04-02/22/04	Aspen Institute	Greenwood, Rep. Jim (-PA)	Cancun, Mexico Participate in a conference on education reform	$4,478.51
	McLaughlin, Ryan Patrick 02/14/04-02/21/04	Atlantic Council of the United States	Gutknecht, Rep. Gil (-MN)	Brussels, Belgium Brief on European Union-U.S. relations; NATO update	$1,840.00
	Lerch, Brandon John 02/18/04-02/20/04	Federation of German Industries	Gutknecht, Rep. Gil (-MN)	Munich, Germany Seminar on German-American relations	$7,350.00
	Gutknecht, Rep. Gil (-MN) 02/18/04-02/20/04	Federation of German Industries	Gutknecht, Rep. Gil (-MN)	Munich, Germany Fact-finding; speaking engagement	$850.00
	Mercier, Stephanie A. 02/15/04-02/17/04	American Association of Crop Insurers	Harkin, Sen. Tom (-IA)	Indian Wells, CA Participate in congressional panel at annual meetings	$1,140.00
	Fox, Alison J. 02/15/04-02/21/04	Organization for Tropical Studies	Harkin, Sen. Tom (-IA)	Costa Rica Educational course on forestry and sustainable agriculture	$2,499.00
	Halverson, Mark B. 02/18/04-02/20/04	Florida Sugar Cane League - Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida	Harkin, Sen. Tom (-IA)	Florida Educational trip visiting sugar cane farms and facilities	$896.48
	Schons, Christopher C. 02/14/04-02/22/04	Government of Japan	Harris, Rep. Katherine (-FL)	Tokyo, Japan To become familiar with Japan's politics, government and culture in order to improve bilateral relat... more	$11,300.00
	Feehery, John Patrick 02/16/04-02/19/04	Information Technology Industry Council	Hastert, Rep. Denny (-IL)	San Francisco, CA Learned about cutting-edge issues from leaders in the high-tech community	$2,619.00
	Goldenberg, David I. 02/17/04-02/21/04	Florida Municipal Electric Association - Florida Municipal Power Agency	Hastings, Rep. Alcee (-FL)	Jacksonville, FL - Orlando, FL - ... more To learn about public power in general and specifically about Florida's community-owned electric uti... more	$3,171.00
	Liddiard, Evan M. 02/18/04-02/21/04	Invest to Compete Alliance	Hatch, Sen. Orrin (-UT)	Sun Valley, ID To participate in 2004 congressional leadership educational seminar	$1,482.01
	Triplette, Ryan Lee (Ry) 02/18/04-02/21/04	Congressional Economic Leadership Institute	Hatch, Sen. Orrin (-UT)	Las Vegas, NV Nevada state study	$1,665.00
	Thompson, Jennifer 02/15/04-02/22/04	Hanseatic Institute	Hayes, Rep. Robin (-NC)	Berlin, Germany To look at the U.S. military presence in Germany; visit wounded soldiers at Landstuhl; look at expan... more	$1,930.00
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