Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the Senate Environment Committee on Jan. 30. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has canceled a nearly week-long trip to Israel, agency officials confirmed Sunday. Israeli officials confirmed that Pruitt's trip was official state business but could not say if the usual visits had been scheduled. Pruitt also planned to travel to the port of Haifa to see sustainability efforts there, the official said. Read more:Premium travel for Pruitt has cost taxpayers more than $100,000, records show'I'm not involved in any of these decisions," Pruitt says of first-class travel
EPA chief Pruitt racked up nearly $200,000 in travel expenses over 6 months, environmental group says
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt and staffers billed taxpayers nearly $200,000 for his trips over six months last year, including 10 visits to Pruitt's former home city of Tulsa, according to travel vouchers obtained by an environmental organization. Pruitt is one of several Trump administration officials who have drawn attention over travel costs, including Pruitt's frequent travel at first-class rates. Pruitt earlier this week said a "toxic environment politically" required first-class travel and protection from his 24-hour security detail. The Environmental Integrity Project environmental group obtained the travel vouchers, which cover trips by Pruitt and 14 staffers, through open-records requests. Most of the reported expenses did not appear to include travel costs of the unknown number of security guards traveling with Pruitt.
EPA documents show agency's justification for Pruitt travel
as informed in The documents include multiple memorandums from EPA attorneys to Pruitt's office justifying the charter flights in June, July and August of 2017. "There is no lodging costs to EPA at all for this trip," a travel itinerary notes. The Environmental Integrity Project extrapolated from the price of his tickets that many of his trips were in the first-class cabin. The meeting raises concerns for Schaeffer because EPA data compiled by the Environmental Integrity Project showed the penalties levied against corporate polluters have dropped since Pruitt took office. The documents obtained by the Environmental Integrity Project show there was another commercial flight that Pruitt could have taken.Author
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