Sunlight Foundation

Ortiz Bet on China Deal

Lawmaker: Trips Unrelated to Investment

Publication: Roll Call

Paul Singer
February 27, 2008

Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas) and his chief of staff each invested thousands of dollars in a Chinese telecommunications project in 2005 with a Texas businessman whose company paid nearly $20,000 to fly them to China the year before and later became a donor to Ortiz's campaigns.