'I'm not involved in any of those decisions,' EPA's Pruitt says of extensive first-class travel
Source: MSN/Washington Post
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Tuesday attributed his habit of taking taxpayer-funded, first-class flights to his personal security detail and chief of staff, saying he plays no role in his travel arrangements.
“I’m not involved in any of those decisions,” Pruitt told the New Hampshire Union Leader during a visit to the state. “Those are all made by the (security) detail, the security assessment in addition to the chief of staff.”
Pruitt told the paper that the decision to routinely fly business- and first-class around the country and even internationally stemmed from unspecified threats early in his tenure at EPA.
“We live in a very toxic environment politically, particularly around issues of the environment,” said Pruitt, who acknowledged he had just flown first-class from Washington to Boston to reach New Hampshire. “We’ve reached the point where there’s not much civility in the marketplace, and it’s created, you know, it’s created some issues and the [security] detail, the level of protection is determined by the level of threat.”
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Strange how the folks complain most about government spending, end up living large on the dole once they get into government.
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his compulsive deregulation habit
....."all good repubs are appalled at the gov't waste". 
That's a good one. "Good Republicans".........ah, as soon as I wipe the tears from my eyes from laughing so hard I'm going to keep reading the rest of the replies. You're a very funny person! Thanks for the laugh. 
first to completely destroy our own environment so a few rich assholes can get richer. So why not give our tax dollars to a foreign country's airline while we're at it? If you're flying from Italy to the US, always look to the Middle East first. 
