"Leading House Democrats want the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) internal watchdog to look into EPA head Scott Pruitt’s premium-class flights on the taxpayer’s dime.
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (N.J.), the Energy and Commerce Committee’s top Democrat, wrote to EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins about the matter Wednesday.
Elkins is already investigating all of Pruitt’s official travel through 2017. But Pallone and two other top Democrats on the panel want to ensure that Elkins is probing recent revelations that Pruitt has flown first or business class repeatedly, and he has a “blanket exemption” to rules limiting premium-class flights by federal employees."
Timothy Cama reports for The Hill February 14, 2018.
SEE ALSO:
"The EPA Doesn’t Have Enough Money To Keep Investigating Pruitt’s Scandals" (Think Progress)
"EPA Changes Its Story On Pruitt's First-Class Travel" (Politico)
"EPA Chief Has Unusual Waiver To Fly In First Or Business Class" (Washington Post)
"Some Republicans Scoff At Pruitt's Travel Habits" (Politico)
"EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Flies First Class To Avoid “Unpleasant Interactions”" (Vox)
"Scott Pruitt Says He Had to Spend So Much on First Class Flights Since Backlash to Him Is So 'Toxic'" (Gizmodo)
"EPA Chief Says He Flies First Class Due To Security Concerns" (AP)
"EPA's Scott Pruitt Flies 1st Class To Talk Superfund in NH" (NH Union Leader)
"EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Says First-Class Travel Is For Security Purposes" (CNN)
"EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s First Class Habit Costing Taxpayers Thousands" (HuffPosr)
"EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Has a Very Good Reason for All That First-Class Travel" (Fortune)
"EPA Stresses Security Concerns Amid Growing Scrutiny Of Administrator Scott Pruitt's Pricey Travel" (CNBC)
"EPA: Pruitt 'Entitled' To Fly First Class — Inhofe" (E&E Daily)
