WASHINGTON ― Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price needs to travel on private jets for his job because he is extremely busy, a spokeswoman said Wednesday in response to criticism that chartering flights is expensive and wasteful. Politico reported Tuesday that Price took five private flights just last week, including a half-hour trip from Washington to Philadelphia. Price’s use of private jets flies in the face of the Trump administration’s messaging on government spending. Previous HHS secretaries didn’t use private jets, according to Politico. In 2009, then-Rep. Price blasted private jet travel by members of Congress.

Source: Huffington Post September 20, 2017 16:52 UTC