FDA com­mis­sion­er Got­tlieb's trav­el pref­er­ences? Com­mer­cial jets, a la mode

We seem to hear a lot these days about some mem­ber of Pres­i­dent Trump’s cab­i­net who’s been caught tak­ing char­ter jets or re­quest­ing gov­ern­ment air­craft at tax­pay­ers’ ex­pense for their trav­el.

HHS Sec­re­tary Tom Price just apol­o­gized for his ex­pen­sive habit, vow­ing to cov­er the cost as in­ves­ti­ga­tors probe the af­fair. And Trea­sury Sec­re­tary Steven Mnuchin still has some ex­plain­ing to do about his re­quests for spe­cial trav­el arrange­ments us­ing gov­ern­ment craft. Com­merce Sec­re­tary Wilbur Ross and Ed­u­ca­tion Sec­re­tary Bet­sy De­Vos re­port­ed­ly fa­vor their own pri­vate jets, paid for at their own ex­pense.

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