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James Moran Went On Junket To The Massachusetts Resort Island of Nantucket Last Summer At Peak Of Tourist Season
General Discussion Posted by Jonathan S. Mark on Saturday, February 14, 2004

Were Taxpayers Charged For Moran's Visit To The Beaches Of Nantucket Last Summer?

It is common for senators and congressmen to use the summers for enlightening and taxpayer-funded travel to resort areas. All that is needed is for the resort area to feature some event that the legislator can say is related to his official duties, and the cost of the trip is then subsidized by taxpayers.

In June and July of 2003 James Moran, who represents Virginia not Massachusetts, developed an apparently insatiable curiosity about the activities of a group of visiting Venezuelan legislators who happened to be staying at that time at the resort island of Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts.

Massachusetts congressman William Delahunt arranged an opportunity for congressmen to fly into the island from all over the country and to meet with these visitors. Conveniently, the event just happened to precede the July 4, 2003 weekend.

Delahunt's House website notes in a 6/27/03 press release:

    Congressman Bill Delahunt will host a forum next week on Nantucket for members of the Venezuelan National Assembly and the US Congress. The meetings, designed to promote political dialogue among US and Venezuelan legislators, will run from Sunday June 29 to Thursday, July 3...providing an off-the-record, peaceful setting away from the pressures of Washington and Caracas...Representatives Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and Jim Moran (D-VA) will also participate.
Moran is from Massachusetts (disclosure: so am I) and he is certainly aware that Nantucket is a place at which people vacation in the summer. Moran's visit to the beaches of Nantucket, that "peaceful setting away from the pressures of Washington" raises two interesting questions:
  • How much were taxpayers charged for Moran's visit to Nantucket at the peak of tourist season in July of 2003?
  • What congressional committee does James Moran belong to that required his presence on the beaches of Nantucket last year? The event was organized by members of the House International Relations Committee, but James Moran is not even on that committee.



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