Congressional Travel for Dates 08/13/2004 to 08/17/2004

Congressional travel between 08/13/2004 and 08/17/2004

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	259	$754,133
Approved by Republicans	169	$481,082
Approved by Democrats	91	$274,469

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Sullivan, Michael C 08/08/04-08/15/04	Alaska Telephone Association	Ensign, Sen. John (-NV)	Alaska Fact-Finding visits with rural telcos	$3,874.47
	Kish, Daniel Val 08/11/04-08/13/04	Shell Oil Co.	Pombo, Rep. Richard (-CA)	Anchorage, AK - Calgary, Alberta Inspect oil sands operations in Alberta	$1,916.15
	O'Rielly, Michael P 08/16/04-08/20/04	General Communication Inc.	Sununu, Sen. John (-NH)	Anchorage, AK - Kotzebue, AK - ... more Participate in technology demonstrations and learn about the challenges of providing telecommunicati... more	$4,719.07
	Kurth, Christine D 08/16/04-08/20/04	General Communication Inc.	Stevens, Sen. Ted (-AK)	Anchorage, AK - Kotzebue, AK - ... more Fact-finding trip to view telecom site in rural Alaska and view a cable telephony site	$3,467.89
	Bingel, Kelly R 08/07/04-08/15/04	Matanuska Telephone Association - OTZ Telephone Cooperative - ... more	Lincoln, Sen. Blanche (-AR)	Anchorage, AK - Prudhoe Bay, AK - ... more Study of the challenges of providing telecommunications services in rural areas	$6,765.00
	Steptoe, Robert M 08/11/04-08/14/04	Sponsor not disclosed	Capito, Rep. Shelley Moore (-WV)	Atlanta, GA - Seattle, WA - ... more Federal Home Loan Bank congressional staff seminar	$1,430.45
	Lizarraga, Jaime E 08/08/04-08/23/04	Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs	Frank, Rep. Barney (-MA)	Beijing, China - Kunming, China - ... more Congressional staff delegation to China	$7,589.00
	Gonzales, B Walter 08/08/04-08/23/04	Better Hong Kong Foundation - Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs	Ruppersberger, Rep. Dutch (-MD)	Beijing, China - Kunming, China - ... more Banking reform - education - fact-finding	$7,650.00
	Thorne, Vicki L 08/08/04-08/23/04	U.S.-Asia Institute	Bingaman, Sen. Jeff (-NM)	Beijing, China - Shanghai, China - ... more To learn more about China's strategic economic and financial developments, including energy policies	$7,589.00
	Mulligan, John P 08/09/04-08/17/04	Freeman Foundation - U.S.-China Policy Foundation	Smith, Rep. Adam (-WA)	Beijing, China - Shanghai, China - ... more Foreign policy, trade fact-finding	$3,490.00
	Dusik, John M 08/09/04-08/17/04	U.S.-China Policy Foundation	Weller, Rep. Jerry (-IL)	Beijing, China - Urumqi, China - ... more To gain a thorough understanding of various policy areas as they relate to U.S.-China relations espe... more	$3,690.00
	Fisher, Margaret Lea 08/09/04-08/17/04	U.S.-China Policy Foundation	Etheridge, Rep. Bob (-NC)	Beijing, China - Urumqi, China - ... more To enhance congressional staff knowledge of Sino-U.S. Relations and promote a better understanding b... more	$3,490.00
	King, Christopher J 08/09/04-08/17/04	U.S.-China Policy Foundation	Gordon, Rep. Bart (-TN)	Beijing, China - Urumqi, China - ... more Fact-finding tour for education on U.S.-China policy issues	$3,390.00
	Amstutz, Nicholas Taylor 08/06/04-08/16/04	Southern California Edison	Nunes, Rep. Devin (-CA)	Big Creek, CA High Sierra workshop and tour the Big Creek hydroelectric facilities. To obtain insights and perspec... more	$1,032.98
	Seiger, Ryan C 08/15/04-08/19/04	Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition	Young, Rep. Don (-AK)	Boise, ID Oversight and tour of Snake River salmon restoration and recovery issues	$793.04
	Kopocis, Kenneth J 08/15/04-08/19/04	Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition	Young, Rep. Don (-AK)	Boise, ID Oversight and education concerning federal role in salmon restoration	$769.04
	Richard, Gregg A 08/16/04-08/20/04	Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho	Crapo, Sen. Mike (-ID)	Boise, ID Speak at the compass board meeting about the status and impact of the transportation bill, S. 1072	$186.52
	Hughes, Sean 08/15/04-08/19/04	Idaho Rivers United - Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition	McDermott, Rep. Jim (-WA)	Boise, ID Fact-finding	$653.23
	Benedetto, Kathleen M F 08/16/04-08/19/04	Domestic Petroleum Council	Pombo, Rep. Richard (-CA)	Boise, ID - Gillette, WY Review of natural gas and exploration and production in the Powder River Basin	$980.37
	Mullane, Patrick R 08/15/04-08/19/04	Idaho Rivers United	Petri, Rep. Thomas (-WI)	Boise, ID - Snake River, ID To study negative impact of four hydropower dams on the salmon and steelhead population in Snake and... more	$659.84
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