his apology that he would reimburse the taxpayers for the cost of the private jet flights he had been taking. tom price said in his apology, quote, today i will write a person check to the u.s. treasury for the expenses of my travel. the taxpayers won't pay a dime for my seat on those planes. that sounds awesome like he's totally making the american taxpayers whole here, right? bret baier quickly ferreted out of him was that he really specifically meant it when he said he was going to pay for his seat on all those private flights he took. tom price decided that what he will pay back to the taxpayers is about $50,000. which he says covers his seat on all of those dozens of private plane trips that he took. here is the thing, though. he's talking about like he chartered a 30-seat jet and he's going to pay 1/30th of it