Ortiz Bet on China Deal

Lawmaker: Trips Unrelated to Investment

• By Paul Singer
• Roll Call Staff
• Feb. 27, 2008, Midnight

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.