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To: longnshort who wrote (42408)	4/29/2013 4:05:31 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Was this the one that thought we had been to Mars, or was that another braindead Dem? Congresswoman’s Round-the-World Trip Cost Taxpayers $23K By Kent Cooper Posted at 8:17 a.m. April 29 The House Committee on the Judiciary reported Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) traveled around the world on an official trip in February that cost $23,646. The February 16-22 trip on commercial flights was to Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee did not travel over or back with CODEL Landrieu that included several members of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption. The delegation was to meet with local community leaders, adoption officials, and other government officials, such as the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee took commercial flights over and caught up with the delegation in Seoul, South Korea. After visiting South Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia she then left the delegation early for her return commercial fight through Frankfurt Germany. The trip costs included $19,970 for transportation, $1,292 for per diem, and $2,385 for other purposes.