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Solomon Ortiz

Trips by Solomon Ortiz
Total cost of congressperson's 18 trips: $108,230.45

Destination: SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Sponsor: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Purpose: BOARD OF DIRECTORS RETREAT (ANNUAL EVENT)
Date: Jan 19, 2000 (4 days)
Expense: $1,629.09
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Destination: CHINA
Sponsor: Asia Access Corporation
Purpose: FACT-FINDING & TO IMPROVE TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA
Date: Apr 15, 2000 (13 days)
Expense: $5,068.00
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Destination: TAIPEI, TAIWAN
Sponsor: Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce
Purpose: FACT-FINDING AND EDUCATION
Date: May 29, 2000 (4 days)
Expense: $4,950.00
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Destination: JAPAN AND SINGAPORE
Sponsor: SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING AND DAI NISSHIN CORPORATION
Purpose: FACT-FINDING WITH THE CITY GOVT OF CORPUS CHRISTI & THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS IT RELATES TO INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEXAS.
Date: Jan 28, 2001 (7 days)
Expense: $7,432.00
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Destination: TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Sponsor: Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce
Purpose: FACT-FINDING AND EDUCATIONAL VISIT
Date: May 26, 2001 (7 days)
Expense: $5,050.00
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Destination: SINGAPORE - HONG KONG - SHANGHAI
Sponsor: SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING & DAI NISSHIN CORP.
Purpose: FACT-FINDING TRIP TO SECURE JOBS FOR THE 27TH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
Date: Jan 15, 2002 (5 days)
Expense: $7,465.70
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Destination: HONG KONG - SINGAPORE
Sponsor: International Management and Development Institute
Purpose: FACT-FINDING
Date: Mar 26, 2002 (10 days)
Expense: $7,897.00
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Destination: TAIPEI
Sponsor: Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association
Purpose: FACT-FINDING
Date: Jan 10, 2003 (8 days)
Expense: $11,346.00
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Destination: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Sponsor: Marathon Oil Corporation
Purpose: TO GIVE BRIEFING ON MARATHON OIL PROJECT TO THE U.S. EMBASSY
Date: Jul 26, 2003 (2 days)
Expense: $2,926.00
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Destination: HONG KONG TO DONG GUAN CITY TO GUANGZHOU CITY TO SHANGHAI CITY TO SHENYANG CITY TO BEIJING
Sponsor: Asia Access Corporation
Purpose: FACT-FINDING AND A TRADE MISSION
Date: Aug 2, 2003 (17 days)
Expense: $9,075.00
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Destination: SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO/NEWARK
Sponsor: SONY MUSIC/SONY ELECTRONICS/ALTRIA/TIME WARNER/PFIZER/COLA/FANNIE MAE/VERIZON/ASTRAZENECA/AVENTIS/ELI LILLY/GLAXOSMITHKLINE/PHRMA/PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE.
Purpose: "TRI-CAUCUS RETREAT" TO IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE CONG. HISPANIC CAUCUS; THE CONG. BLACK CAUCUS & THE CONG. ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN CAUCUS.
Date: Oct 23, 2003 (3 days)
Expense: $5,736.66
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Destination: HONG KONG - BEIJING - HONG KONG
Sponsor: Integrity Communications
Purpose: TRADE MISSION
Date: Feb 13, 2004 (10 days)
Expense: $5,300.00
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Destination: SAN FRANCISCO/TAIPEI/HONG KONG/BEIJING/TAIPEI/LOS ANGELES
Sponsor: Asia Access Corporation
Purpose: FACT-FINDING
Date: Apr 7, 2004 (10 days)
Expense: $4,700.00
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Destination: MIAMI - SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - MIAMI
Sponsor: Asociacion Dominicana de Zonas Francas
Purpose: FACT-FINDING IN RELATION TO FREE TRADE WITH THE USA
Date: Apr 23, 2004 (3 days)
Expense: $2,260.00
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Destination: HONG KONG - BEIJING - HONG KONG
Sponsor: Integrity Communications
Purpose: FACT FINDING
Date: Jul 29, 2004 (11 days)
Expense: $4,300.00
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Destination: L.A./TAIPEI, TAIWAN/KAOHSIUNG/TAIPEI/L.A.
Sponsor: Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association
Purpose: FACT-FINDING TRIP/MEETING WITH HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Date: Nov 4, 2004 (7 days)
Expense: $7,250.00
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Destination: BEIJING TO GUANGZHOU
Sponsor: Asia Access Corporation
Purpose: FACT-FINDING
Date: Mar 21, 2005 (11 days)
Expense: $4,745.00
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Destination: SINGAPORE-BEIJING-HONG KONG
Sponsor: THE LAW OFFICES OF FILEMON VELA
Purpose: FACT FINDING
Date: Aug 1, 2005 (13 days)
Expense: $11,100.00
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Congressional staff traveling under the office of Solomon Ortiz

Denise Blanchard
Todd Curry
David Garcia
Jonathan Gracia
Marvin King
John Mcgregor
Vickie Plunkett
Florencio Rendon
Patricia Villareal