Questions on Price’s use of private planes
Congressional Democrats on Wednesday chastised Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, saying he wasted taxpayer money by chartering five private flights last week for official business when other cheaper travel options were available. “Taxpayer funds are not meant to be used as a jet-setting slush fund,” said Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J. Pallone said Democrats would seek a “full accounting” of Price’s travel from his department’s inspector general. Price, a former Republican House member from Georgia, chartered flights to a resort in Maine where he was part of a discussion with a health care industry CEO, according to a report in Politi ...
