Democrat wants info on Zinkes extravagant use of taxpayer funds for flights
Source: the hill
By Josh Delk - 09/29/17 04:05 PM EDT
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) sent a letter to Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke on Friday, asking for more information on the privately chartered flights he took at taxpayer expense while in office, saying that the flights have created "the appearance of a serious conflict of interest."
McCollum's letter to Zinke comes in response to reports that the secretary has used three privately chartered flights and one flight in a military aircraft on government business since taking office, all of which Zinke dismissed on Friday as "a little BS on travel."
Zinke defended the expensive trips while speaking at the Heritage Foundation, saying that each of the privately chartered flights, including one late-night flight to his home in Montana that cost the department $12,000, were "only booked after extensive due diligence by the career professionals in the department’s general law and ethics division."
McCollum demands that Zinke provide Congress with the dates, costs and purposes for each of the flights no later than Oct. 11. The Democrat also asks Zinke to provide "justification" for using private flights instead of commercial, which Zinke has defended as being necessary to his official work. ....................................
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Good for her. Get the information out for all to see.
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