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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned after harsh criticism of a string of ethics scandals dating back to before his confirmation.
POLITICO has identified more than $400,000 in charter jet spending for the HHS secretary's travels since May
One charter flight from Washington to Nashville cost nearly $18,000, even though there were multiple nonstop commercial flights available that cost as little as $200. 
Price also defended his travel practices as necessary for public health or combating emergencies. “Of the 11 trips over the last eight months, the majority of them were for the opioid crisis or the hurricanes,” Price said.
Politico reports painted a picture of a top Trump official using taxpayer dollars to fly in luxury, visit his own properties, and even stop off for lunch in Nashville with his son.
Price’s use of private jets breaks with the practices of Obama administration HHS secretaries Sylvia Mathews Burwell and Kathleen Sebelius, who flew commercially while in the continental United States and deliberately avoided taking charter jets.
Price has called for massive spending cuts to the health agencies he oversees even while spending tens of thousands of dollars on private jets.
Price had offered to pay back only 52,000 dollars
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