europe, asia for over $500,000. they write, quote, the white house approved the use of military trips to africa and europe this spring and asia in the summer at a cost of more than $500,000 to taxpayers. the overseas trips bring the total cost to taxpayers of price s travels to more than $1 million since may, according to a politico review. they have led the way on this story. before that report dropped, price took questions about the controversy for the first time, explaining his plan to try to fix the problem. there will be no private air charters at hhs going forward. a second is to cooperate fully with the inspector general. i called for an internal review within the department itself. finally to pay for my portion of those trips. clearly we got weren t sensitive to the taxpayer on these instances, which is why