Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks Sept. 15 at an event in Pennsylvania, where he reportedly traveled by private chartered jet. (Jacqueline Larma/AP)The Health and Human Services inspector general is investigating Secretary Tom Price’s reported use of chartered planes for at least two dozen flights in recent months at taxpayer expense, a spokeswoman said Friday. Investigators will seek records of Price’s travel and review the justifications that he and his staff gave for the trips, the spokeswoman for HHS Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson said. “This is Secretary Price, getting outside of D.C., making sure he is connected with the real American people,” said Charmaine Yoest, his assistant secretary for public affairs. Before one chartered flight from Washington to Philadelphia, for instance, he had to attend a hurricane briefing.

Source: Washington Post September 22, 2017 16:02 UTC