Pete Marovich/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said the office is opening a probe into Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s spending since he took over the helm of the agency.
The Government Accountability Office released a report Monday that the EPA violated a federal funding law by spending ,000 on a secure phone booth for Pruitt’s office without notifying Congress first.
“We take the anti-deficiency statute very, very seriously, and if they’ve been broken, we’ll follow the rules, we will enforce the law, and we’ll do so in a transparent fashion,” Mulvaney told a congressional committee on Tuesday, adding that “we’re not interested in covering for anyone else.
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Pruitt and the EPA have been under intense scrutiny for the cost of Pruitt’s security detail and his travel, which included first-class flights recommended by his security detail.
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