Oversight panel to investigate Cabinet officials using private planes

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL - 09/27/17 10:26 AM EDT

The House Oversight Committee will investigate the use of private jet travel by Cabinet officials.

The committee on Wednesday sent letters to the White House and 24 federal agencies requesting information related to senior officials’ use of government-owned aircraft or private non-commercial aircraft for official and personal travel.

This comes after reports of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin taking charter jets at taxpayers' expense when there were commercial flight options that were much cheaper.

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[dalton99a]

1. Republicans on the committee are so jealous

They wish they could do the same thing

[L. Coyote]

2. Prices private-jet at taxpayer expense took him to exclusive Georgia resort lunch w/son

Link to tweet

[nitpicker]

3. Pruitt also used non-commercial flights

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/352789-epa-chief-flew-on-private-military-aircraft-for-government-business