Congressional Travel for Dates 08/15/2005 to 08/18/2005

Congressional travel between 08/15/2005 and 08/18/2005

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	166	$500,842
Approved by Republicans	100	$189,400
Approved by Democrats	69	$312,747

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Lai, Joseph G. (Joe) 08/18/05-08/28/05	Catholic Relief Services	Hagel, Sen. Chuck (-NE)	Angola Fact-finding	$3,583.72
	Smith, Shannon Lee 08/18/05-08/27/05	Catholic Relief Services	Durbin, Sen. Dick (-IL)	Angola Observe Catholic Relief Services and other USAID-funded programs addressing HIV-AIDS, food security,... more	$3,683.72
	DeGette, Rep. Diana (-CO) 08/18/05-08/26/05	Aspen Institute	DeGette, Rep. Diana (-CO)	Dublin, Ireland Conference on U.S.-Russia-Europe cooperative efforts	$5,592.00
	Cantor, Rep. Eric (-VA) 08/18/05-08/25/05	American Israel Education Foundation	Cantor, Rep. Eric (-VA)	Israel Education mission	$6,965.42
	Collins, Robert W. (Rob) 08/18/05-08/24/05	American Israel Education Foundation	Cantor, Rep. Eric (-VA)	Israel Education mission	$7,247.51
	Hughes, Sean 08/18/05-08/24/05	Tri-City (Wash.) Development Council	McDermott, Rep. Jim (-WA)	Spokane, WA - Pasco, WA Hanford site fact-finding visit	$501.25
	Goo, Michael L. 08/18/05-08/23/05	Western Energy Supply and Transmission Associates	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	Aspen, CO Attend congressional energy and environmental forum	$1,088.01
	Kashen, Julie Pearl 08/18/05-08/22/05	Continental Airlines Inc.	Corzine, Sen. Jon (-NJ)	Newark, NJ Tour of Newark International Airport	$363.00
	Kavanaugh, David Kirk 08/18/05-08/19/05	National Cotton Council	Thomas, Rep. Bill (-CA)	Destination not disclosed Speech to National Cotton Council	$910.26
	Kish, Daniel Val (Dan) 08/18/05-08/19/05	Shell Oil Co.	Pombo, Rep. Richard (-CA)	Anchorage, AK - Grand Junction, CO - ... more Visit oil shale demonstration facility	$1,498.00
	Massey, Bronwyn E. 08/18/05-08/19/05	HealthSouth Corp.	Everett, Rep. Terry (-AL)	Birmingham, AL To learn about the services HealthSouth provides in Alabama and around the country	$499.18
	McGuire, Brendan P. 08/18/05-08/19/05	Shell Oil Co.	Salazar, Sen. Ken (-CO)	Garfield County, CO - Rio Blanco County, CO Field visit to Shell oil shale research facility	$205.00
	Menezes, Mark Wesley 08/18/05-08/19/05	Shell Oil Co.	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	Aspen, CO Tour oil shale production facilities	$1,756.00
	Dower, Thomas R. (Tom) 08/18/05-08/18/05	Franklin Institute	Specter, Sen. Arlen (-PA)	Philadelphia, PA Meet with Franklin Institute representatives and tour site related to pending legislation	$134.50
	Thornhill, Barrett Phillips 08/18/05-08/18/05	Northwest Specialty Hospital	Crapo, Sen. Mike (-ID)	Coeur d'Alene, ID National Surgical Hospital Educational Forum	$454.29
	Goracke, Robin Ann 08/17/05-08/22/05	Lake States Federal Timber Purchasers Committee	Peterson, Rep. Collin (-MN)	Minneapolis, MN - Duluth, MN To gain further knowledge of how the Forest Service and the timber industry interacts and the benefi... more	$1,055.74
	Hamoud, Melody J. 08/17/05-08/20/05	Lake States Federal Timber Purchasers Committee	Oberstar, Rep. Jim (-MN)	Duluth, MN - Grand Marais, MN To learn about industries that rely federal timber: paper mills, lumber mills, pressed wood siding m... more	$1,055.74
	Miller, Stephen 08/17/05-08/20/05	VeriSign Inc.	Burns, Sen. Conrad (-MT)	Los Angeles, CA - Mountain View, CA Fact-finding	$1,350.41
	Collins, Michael M. 08/17/05-08/19/05	Monsanto Co. - Land O'Lakes Inc. - ... more	Bond, Sen. Kit (-MO)	St. Louis, MO Field study for agriculture and river development	$802.40
	Edwards, Cynthia A. 08/17/05-08/19/05	Southwestern Power Resources Association	Lincoln, Sen. Blanche (-AR)	Norfork, AR Education	$189.43
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