Doug Bereuter: “the purpose of the special order I have taken out today is to relate to the House and to the American people the details…”

“the purpose of the special order I have taken out today is to relate to the House and to the American people the details about a trip to Asia led by the Speaker, the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich], and 11 other Members of the House during the period of March 23 through April 2 of this year. Accompanying Speaker Gingrich was the senior Democrat in the House of Representatives and the senior Member of the House, the gentleman from Michigan, Mr. John Dingell, the gentleman from Louisiana, Mr. Robert Livingston, the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. John Boehner, the gentleman from California, Mr. Chris Cox, the gentlewoman from Washington, Ms. Jennifer Dunn, the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Alcee Hastings, the gentleman from California, Mr. Jay Kim, the gentleman from California, Mr. Ed Royce, the gentleman from Louisiana, Mr. William ``Jeff'' Jefferson, the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Mark Foley, and this Member. Also accompanying us on part of the trip, that part relating to China, Japan, and Taiwan, was the junior Senator from the State of Florida, Connie Mack. Mr. Speaker, in this trip we visited the following cities, in this order: first to Seoul, Korea; then to Hong Kong; to Beijing; to Shanghai; to Tokyo; and to Taipei, Taiwan.”