 His spokesman told "The Hill" that Pruitt has a "blanket waiver" to travel regulations which normally prohibit first-class travel by federal employees.Pruitt's staff later elaborated that the security reasons included other passengers being uncivil, quoting one individual yelling a vulgarism at him, referring what he was doing to the environment.Despite the purported security threats to Pruitt, he opted to travel in coach on flights home to Oklahoma when taxpayers were not paying for his travel.