Without speaking on behalf of my whip—because I've done that before as caucus chair and it worked out well for me—first of all, the distances we're talking about for travel to Asia are quite far, so travel would have to be done during non-sitting weeks at a minimum. I think it really should be done only in July and August. That way we are not at risk of missing any sitting days of the House. That's the first part.
Also, these are long distances we're talking about, so cost, accommodations, flights and everything else are serious considerations for any type of travel this committee considers going forward.