The following article by Elvina Nawaguna was posted on the Roll Call website February 22, 2018:
EPA administrator has been under fire for first-class travel and luxury hotel stays
As questions about the official travel habits of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt mount, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is demanding documents and other information on his first-class flights, as it looks into whether federal laws were broken.
Pruitt has for several months been under fire for incurring high travel costs at taxpayer expense. After recent news reports of Pruitt’s use of expensive first-class flights and stays at luxury hotels, an EPA spokesman said the administrator had been given a “blanket waiver” to fly first class for security reasons. Continue reading “House Oversight Probes Scott Pruitt’s Travel Expenses”