March 26, 2018
By Editorial Staff –
The gold-plated spending by Trump Cabinet members needs to stop.
Last week came word that Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, spent more than $120,000 in public funds last summer for a trip to Italy, with almost $90,000 for food, hotels, commercial airfare and a military jet used by Pruitt and nine EPA staff.
President Donald Trump’s first Health and Human Services secretary, Tom Price, resigned last fall after revelations that he spent more than $1 million in public funds on travel including chartered flights. Price’s successor, Ben Carson, spent an astounding $31,000 on an office dining table at public expense.
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is “to protect human health and the environment.” Disgraced EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt tried his best to undermine this vital mission by choosing to slash critical health protections and let corporate polluters off the hook. Now that Pruitt’s been booted, we need an EPA administrator dedicated to undoing his toxic agenda and restoring the agency to its core mission. Progress is possible and necessary – but another corporate crony or climate skeptic will not get us there.
Scott Pruitt is gone, but the fight is just beginning. We need an EPA administrator who puts our health and environment first, period. Any alternative is unacceptable.
