Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas) took an official trip around the world that cost taxpayers $23,646, according to a report by the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Trip costs included $19,970 for transportation, $1,292 for per diem, and $2,385 for other purposes. The Feb. 16 to 22 trip on commercial flights was to Korea, Cambodia, and Vietnam, Roll Call reports:
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.
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.
