Congressional Travel

Members of the U.S. Congress must file documents explaining any privately funded trips they or their staffers take. Explore those trips by selecting destinations, members or the groups who sponsor the travel. (Read related story here).

Office Trips Taken (including staff) Total Value
U.S. Rep. Joe L. Barton 28 $44,545
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett 4 $25,905
U.S. Rep. Gene Green 7 $25,568
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess 12 $23,505
U.S. Rep. Pete Olson 4 $21,405
U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling 11 $20,676
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert 2 $20,654
U.S. Rep. Ted Poe 18 $20,217
U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway 11 $17,861
U.S. Rep. John R. Carter 8 $14,729
U.S. Rep. Ralph M. Hall 11 $12,571
U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson 7 $11,506
U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady 5 $10,730
U.S. Rep. Kay Granger 4 $9,962
U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer 9 $6,484
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn 4 $3,875
U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson 4 $2,891
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee 1 $2,593
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes 2 $2,532
U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions 3 $2,466
U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith 3 $2,364
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar 1 $1,531
U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez 1 $1,419
U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez 1 $1,083
U.S. Rep. John Culberson 2 $1,061
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul 1 $913
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison 1 $345
Sponsor Trips Sponsored Total Value
American Israel Education Foundation 5 $66,349
The Aspen Institute Congressional Program 5 $39,110
The Congressional Institute 25 $19,694
The Heritage Foundation 22 $16,371
The German Marshall Fund of the United States 4 $14,746
The Institute of Interfaith Dialog 5 $12,550
Enterprise Products Partners 2 $7,550
National Association of Broadcasters 4 $7,287
U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress 1 $6,360
The American Israel Education Foundation 1 $5,669
The Progress and Freedom Foundation 3 $5,638
The Heartland Institute 4 $5,534
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2 $5,450
Institute of Interfaith Dialog 2 $5,340
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation 3 $4,417
Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange 1 $4,017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 2 $3,702
International Conservative Caucus Foundation and the Nial Mellon Foundation 1 $3,550
Rumi Forum 1 $3,430
The Rumi Forum, Inc. 1 $3,430
National Osteoporosis Foundation 1 $3,344
International Committee on the Red Cross 1 $3,271
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 1 $3,225
The Potomac Foundation 1 $2,890
American Exploration and Production Council 3 $2,616
The Commonwealth Fund Alliance for Health Reform 1 $2,281
Commonwealth Fund and Alliance for Health Reform 1 $2,215
Smithsonian Institute 1 $2,091
National Association of Attorneys General 1 $2,035
American Youth Policy Forum 1 $1,927
Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute 2 $1,910
Midland-Odessa Transportation Alliance 2 $1,859
California Space Education and Workforce Institute 1 $1,817
HIMSS 1 $1,570
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 1 $1,560
Consumer Electronics Association 1 $1,547
Univision 1 $1,531
California District Attorney's Association 1 $1,484
Wichita Crime Commission 1 $1,456
Democratic Leadership Council 1 $1,419
The Commonwealth Fund 1 $1,410
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 $1,349
Humpty Dumpty Institute, The Better World Campaign 3 $1,338
Professional Bail Agents of the United States 1 $1,328
Mercatus Center at George Mason University 3 $1,252
Club for Growth 1 $1,185
National Cable and Telecommunications Association 1 $1,096
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 1 $1,083
The Alliance for Health Reform, The Commonwealth Fund 1 $1,072
Center for Health Transformation 1 $970
National Young Americans for Liberty, Wake Forest Young Americans for Liberty, and Wake Forest Colle 1 $913
North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission 1 $904
Campaign for Public Health 2 $892
Pennsylvania District Attorney's Association 1 $822
Judicial Watch, Inc. 1 $803
Texas Association of Builders 1 $721
St. Vincent Medical Hospital, Indianapolis, IN 1 $659
Organization for Tropical Studies, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Lucille Packard Foundation 1 $651
California Homicide Investigators Association 1 $636
MAGLOCLEN 1 $631
NYU School of Law/Brennen Center 1 $605
North Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society 1 $590
Indiana Energy Association 1 $580
Verizon Wireless 1 $560
Voices for Victms and the U.S. Attorney's Office, MDTN 1 $543
CRCI 1 $525
Alliance for Health Reform, Catholic Health Association, the Commonwealth Fund 2 $519
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 1 $511
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering 1 $456
Pew Charitable Trust 1 $427
National COSH Consortium 1 $408
Faith and Law; Fieldstone and Company 1 $408
Partnership for a Secure America 2 $287
Virgina Gang Investigators Association 1 $259
South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District of the International Longshorman's Association 1 $194
New Jersey Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association 1 $179
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2 $178
The Nuclear Energy Institute 1 $125
Rite Aid Corportation 1 $62

Source: Clerk of the House of Representatives, Senate Office of Public Records