EPA chief says he plans to fly coach
PUBLISHED: March 1, 2018 at 12:11 pm | UPDATED: March 1, 2018 at 12:12 pm
By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin | Washington Post
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, facing .. criticism about his taxpayer-funded, first-class travels, says he plans to spend more time in coach ...
Pruitt said he had a "responsibility" to listen to the advice of agency security officials, including one who wrote a memo to superiors last May after an incident in which a fellow traveler allegedly approached the EPA leader using "vulgar" and "threatening" language. The memo argued that Pruitt should be allowed to fly first or business class to provide "a buffer" between him and the public ...
The EPA has refused to release the written “waiver” that allows Pruitt to fly regularly in first or business class, based on security concerns. But since Pruitt began flying in upscale cabins last spring – a practice that sets him apart both from his predecessors and other current Cabinet members – he has logged numerous trips and amassed a hefty set of expenses.
On one occasion, he took a $1,641.43 first-class flight from Washington to New York for a pair of television interviews. Soon after, taxpayers paid roughly $90,000 for Pruitt and a group of aides to travel to an international gathering in Italy, including a visit with officials in Rome, where he toured the Vatican. That figure does not account for the costs of Pruitt’s round-the-clock security detail, which have not been disclosed ...
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