The Year’s Top Travelers
(Members with 5 or more trips)

1. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla.
(8 trips, 61 days, 18 countries)

Destinations in Chronological Order
Austria, England, Denmark, Lithuania, Germany, Austria, UK, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Russia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Italy, Ukraine

2. Rep. Doug Bereuter, R-Neb.
(6 trips, 40 days, 15 countries)

UK, Belgium, France, France, Ukraine, Slovakia, Germany, Turkey, Macedonia, Albania, Croatia, Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia,

3. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla.
(6 trips, 33 days, 7 countries)

Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, France, Turkey, Israel, Serbia

4. Rep. Cass Ballenger, R-N.C.
(6 trips, 28 days, 12 countries)

Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti, France, Venezuela, Colombia, Venezuela

5. Rep. Darrel Issa, R-Calif.
(5 trips, 49 days, 17 countries)

Libya, Tunisia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Germany, Ireland, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Israel, UK, Czech Republic, Thailand, Austria, Ukraine, Ireland

6. Rep. John Boozman, R-Ark.
(5 trips, 48 days, 15 countries)

Jordan, Morocco, Belgium, France, UK, France, Ukraine, Slovakia, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Germany, Italy

7. Rep. Robert Cramer, D-Ala.
(5 trips, 46 days, 12+ countries)

Spain, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, UK, Australia, Asia, Europe, Europe

8. Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz.
(5 trips, 32 days, 10 countries)

Germany, South Africa, Tanzania, Mexico, Sudan, Egypt, Iceland, Afghanistan, Jordan, Ukraine

9. Rep. Peter Hoeksta, R-Mich.
(5 trips, 24 days, 7+ countries)

Europe, Middle East, South America, Middle East, Middle East, Europe, Europe

10. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C.
(5 trips, 24 days, 15 countries)

Qatar, Iraq, Jordan, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Germany, France, Kuwait, Iraq, Belgium, Luxemburg, Belgium, Germany, Belgium

11. Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa.
(5 trips, 22 days, 12 countries)

Libya, Kuwait, Iraq, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Germany, Libya, Russia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro

In 2004, 203 members – nearly half the House membership -- took a total of 434 individual trips over 2,650 days to 1,040-plus countries.

While there is no line item in the federal budget for congressional travel, the House trips for members and staff can be estimated to have cost taxpayers at least $45 million in 2004, the largest component being the $7,000-to-$14,000-per-hour cost of the military jets that members use on the majority of their trips.

Germany	75	Jordan	72
France	68	UK	65
Iraq	52	Ireland	52
Kuwait	42	Italy	37
Greece	29	Belgium	25
Hungary	25	Pakistan	25
Austria	23	Israel	21
Afghanistan	18	China	18
Uzbekistan	18	Ukraine	17
Hong Kong	15	Spain	15
Denmark	14	Egypt	14
Argentina	13	Latvia	13
Libya	13	Brazil	11
Chile	11	Qatar	11
Turkey	11	Uruguay	11
Cuba	10	Morocco	10
Russia	10	South Africa	10
Vietnam	10