After Wu arrived in the US, the House of Representatives passed a resolution welcoming her to Washington, by an overwhelming 410 votes to none. Next day she attended a reception given in her honor by both houses of Congress, and publicly invited US first lady Laura Bush to visit Taiwan.
吳淑珍抵美後，美國眾議院就以四一○比零的壓倒性票數，通過「歡迎台灣第一夫人吳淑珍夫人蒞臨華府」的決議案；隔日吳淑珍參加參眾兩院為她舉辦的歡迎酒會，吳淑珍也公開邀請美國第一夫人蘿拉．布希到台灣訪問。