"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has taken at least four noncommercial and military flights since mid-February, costing taxpayers more than $58,000 to fly him to various parts of the country, according to records provided to a congressional oversight committee and obtained by The Washington Post.
'When the administrator travels, he takes commercial flights,' EPA spokeswoman Liz Bowman said Wednesday, explaining that the one charter flight and three government flights were due to particular circumstances.
The EPA provided documents that outlined how its Office of General Counsel had given legal authorization for each trip. 'The administrator, and any Cabinet secretary, is the face of that agency. They’re very outward facing, and we have an obligation to get out throughout the country,' Bowman said."
Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin report for the Washington Post September 27, 2017.
SEE ALSO:
"EPA: Pruitt's Phone Booth A 'Head-Scratcher'" (Greenwire)
"EPA: Delays Led To Pruitt's Charter Flight — Official" (Greenwire)
"3 Cabinet Officials Under Fire For Taking Costly Flights" (CBS News)
Pruitt Took Charter, Military Flights That Cost Taxpayers Over $58,000
Source: Washington Post, 09/28/2017
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