their office telling nbc today, oig is conducting a review of secretary price s federal travel using chartered aircraft. review focuses on whether the travel complied with federal travel regulations and may encompass other issues related to the travel. we take this matter very seriously and when questions arose about potentially inappropriate travel we immediately began assessing the issue. i cab confirm work is under way and will be completed as soon as possible. i m joined by one of the politico report hoarse broke this remarkable story, dan diamond. democrats cited his reporting when they requested an investigation from the oig. fantastic reporting. you ve got a new scoop. i want to sort of set it up with this. which is that the spokesperson for hhs basically said, look, here s why we started doing these charter flights, that price had a commercial flight that was canceled and he missed a very important event, wasting four hours in an airport and having the secretary cancel his even
30-seat jet that cost $25,000 to fly him from washington, d.c. and philadelphia. those are just 135 miles apart. then last night another politico report finding price traveled by private plane at least 24 times since may at a price tag in total exceeding $300,000. and that s in just four months. now seeking to justify the costs an hhs spokesperson told the washington post today, this is secretary price getting outside of d.c., making sure he s connected with the real american people. an eight-year hhs veteran who left in january tweeting today, as former director of scheduling at hhs during obama admin, i can confirm this is a crazy departure from precedent. and now we ll see if the inspector general for hhs agrees. their office telling nbc today, oig is conducting a review of secretary price s federal travel using chartered aircraft. review focuses on whether the travel complied with federal travel regulations and may