grappling with another cabinet shakeup. tom price resigned after it was learned he spent more than is $1 million of taxpayer money on his travel. a revelation that infuriated his boss, president trump. the president campaigned on the promise to eliminate the waste and prupcorruption crippling d.. price slammed spending when he was in congress. i think we made it halfway, cut it from eight to four jets. now we need to cut it from four jets to zero jets. this is just another example of fiscal irresponsibility run amuck in congress right now. irresponsibility run amuck. let s bring in former senior adviser to the bush chainny administration, robert. let me chart with you. the question you ll be expecting
the white house is in the thick of a new scandal bringing for shakeups for the trump administration. former hhs secretary tom rice resigning after it was revealed he spent more than a million taxpayer dollars on his travel during the ire of his boss, president trump. price s departure is set over the backdrop of trump s campaign promise to drain the swamp and rid washington d.c. of waste and corruption. slammed wasteful use of taxpayer dollars when he was in congress. i think we ve made it halfway where we ought to, and that is cut it from eight to four. now we need to get it from four jets to zero. this is just another example of fiscal irresponsibility run
as a budget cutter. here he is in 2009 calling for a end to private jets available to members of congress. i think we ve made it halfway where we ought to, cut it from eight to four jets, now we need to cut from four to zero jets. this is another example of fiscal irresponsibility run amuck in congress. i hope they agree we should move it from four to zero. scott pruitt, head of the epa, he has a security detail for round the clock protection totaling 18 people. this is according to the washington post. that s three times roughly that of his predecessors in the job. it has required bringing epa agents in from the field, and it comes as the white house wants to cut the epa budget by nearly one-third. that is our broadcast for
where we ought to, cut it from eight to four jets, now we need to cut from four to zero jets. this is another example of fiscal irresponsiblibility run amuck in congress. i hope they agree we should move it from four to zero. scott pruitt, head of the epa he has a security detail totaling 18 people, this is according to the washington post, that s three times roughly that of his predecessors in the job. it has required bringing epa agents in from the field, and it comes as the white house wants to cut the epa budget by nearly one-third. that is our broadcast for tonight. thank you for being here with us and good night from all of us at nbc news headquarters here in new york.
dollars to fly on private jets. this is just another example of a fiscal irresponsibility run amuck in congress right now. speaking of price s recent flights, a health and human services spokeswoman said in a statement, secretary price leads a $1.2 trillion agency. the largest agency in government. the travel department continues to check every possible source for travel needs including commercial. but commercial travel is not always feasible. the agency also says with price s tight schedule, they n cannot risk flight delays or cancellations that are possible on commercial flights. the agency also cited security concerns. it s very unusual for a secretary of health and human services to decide he needs to take charter flights. but the secretary is a health and human services of the past were much more conservative in their expenditure of public fund. price is not the only one