Health Secretary Price's use of private jets under reviewWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Tom Price’s use of private jets for government travel was under investigation on Friday after an internal watchdog agreed to review the issue following calls by Democrats for a probe. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Daniel Levinson’s office said it would request Price’s travel records and seek to review their justification. Price has taken at least two dozen such charter flights since May at a cost to U.S. taxpayers of about $300,000, according to Politico, which first reported the travel. HHS’s Office of the Inspector General “is conducting a review of Secretary Price’s federal travel using chartered aircraft. The review focuses on whether the travel complied with Federal Travel Regulations, but may encompass other issues related to the travel,” said Levinson’s spokeswoman, Tesia Williams, adding that it would be finished as soon as possible. The move comes after House Democratic lawmakers called for the internal review earlier this week. [nL2N1M203S] Separately, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s top Democrat, U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, also asked Price for details on the flights and called on panel chairman Trey Gowdy to hold an immediate hearing on the issue. Representatives for Price did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the investigation, earlier reported by the Washington Post and NBC News.  HHS spokeswoman Charmaine Yoest defended Price’s travels, telling the Post: “This is Secretary Price, getting outside of D.C., making sure he is connected with the real American people” and adding that commercial flights could have lengthy delays or force him to miss public events.  In a letter to Price, Cummings asked the secretary for details on the number of flights, the full costs and any documentation about their purpose by Oct. 10. “If these reports are accurate, this would be a stunning and hypocritical breach of trust given that the Trump Administration ... is trying to take away health care from millions of Americans and is proposing to slash funding at HHS,” he wrote.   As a U.S. lawmaker in 2009, Price chastised “the fiscal irresponsibility” of government private plane use in an appearance on CNBC that he also posted on Twitter at the time. Questions over Price’s charter flights come as another top U.S. official, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, is facing scrutiny over his use of a government plane to fly to Kentucky for a visit to Louisville and Fort Knox. Mnuchin and his wife viewed the solar eclipse during the trip, which was to an area of the country that experienced the full eclipse. [nL2N1LI0YD] politicsNews
health secretary price use private jets reviewwashington reuters health secretary tom price use private jets government travel investigation friday internal watchdog agreed review issue following calls democrats probe department health human services inspector general daniel levinson office said would request price travel records seek review justification price taken least two dozen charter flights since may cost taxpayers according politico first reported travel hhs office inspector general conducting review secretary price federal travel using chartered aircraft the review focuses whether travel complied federal travel regulations may encompass issues related travel said levinson spokeswoman tesla williams adding would finished soon possible the move comes house democratic lawmakers called internal review earlier week separately house committee oversight government reform top democrat representative elias cuttings also asked price details flights called panel chairman they rowdy hold immediate hearing issue representatives price immediately respond request comment investigation earlier reported washington post nbc news hhs spokeswoman charming yes defended price travels telling post this secretary price getting outside making sure connected real american people adding commercial flights could lengthy delays force miss public events in letter price cuttings asked secretary details number flights full costs documentation purpose if reports accurate would stunning hypocritical breach trust given trump administration trying take away health care millions americans proposing slash funding hhs wrote as lawmaker price chastised fiscal responsibility government private plane use appearance cnbc also posted twitter time questions price charter flights come another top official treasury secretary steve mnuchin facing scrutiny use government plane fly kentucky visit louisville fort knox mnuchin wife viewed solar eclipse trip area country experienced full eclipse politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Health Secretary Price's use of private jets under reviewWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Tom Price’s use of private jets for government travel was under investigation on Friday after an internal watchdog agreed to review the issue following calls by Democrats for a probe. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Daniel Levinson’s office said it would request Price’s travel records and seek to review their justification. Price has taken at least two dozen such charter flights since May at a cost to U.S. taxpayers of about $300,000, according to Politico, which first reported the travel. HHS’s Office of the Inspector General “is conducting a review of Secretary Price’s federal travel using chartered aircraft. The review focuses on whether the travel complied with Federal Travel Regulations, but may encompass other issues related to the travel,” said Levinson’s spokeswoman, Tesia Williams, adding that it would be finished as soon as possible. The move comes after House Democratic lawmakers called for the internal review earlier this week. [nL2N1M203S] Separately, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s top Democrat, U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, also asked Price for details on the flights and called on panel chairman Trey Gowdy to hold an immediate hearing on the issue. Representatives for Price did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the investigation, earlier reported by the Washington Post and NBC News.  HHS spokeswoman Charmaine Yoest defended Price’s travels, telling the Post: “This is Secretary Price, getting outside of D.C., making sure he is connected with the real American people” and adding that commercial flights could have lengthy delays or force him to miss public events.  In a letter to Price, Cummings asked the secretary for details on the number of flights, the full costs and any documentation about their purpose by Oct. 10. “If these reports are accurate, this would be a stunning and hypocritical breach of trust given that the Trump Administration ... is trying to take away health care from millions of Americans and is proposing to slash funding at HHS,” he wrote.   As a U.S. lawmaker in 2009, Price chastised “the fiscal irresponsibility” of government private plane use in an appearance on CNBC that he also posted on Twitter at the time. Questions over Price’s charter flights come as another top U.S. official, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, is facing scrutiny over his use of a government plane to fly to Kentucky for a visit to Louisville and Fort Knox. Mnuchin and his wife viewed the solar eclipse during the trip, which was to an area of the country that experienced the full eclipse. [nL2N1LI0YD] politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: health secretary price use private jets reviewwashington reuters health secretary tom price use private jets government travel investigation friday internal watchdog agreed review issue following calls democrats probe department health human services inspector general daniel levinson office said would request price travel records seek review justification price taken least two dozen charter flights since may cost taxpayers according politico first reported travel hhs office inspector general conducting review secretary price federal travel using chartered aircraft the review focuses whether travel complied federal travel regulations may encompass issues related travel said levinson spokeswoman tesla williams adding would finished soon possible the move comes house democratic lawmakers called internal review earlier week separately house committee oversight government reform top democrat representative elias cuttings also asked price details flights called panel chairman they rowdy hold immediate hearing issue representatives price immediately respond request comment investigation earlier reported washington post nbc news hhs spokeswoman charming yes defended price travels telling post this secretary price getting outside making sure connected real american people adding commercial flights could lengthy delays force miss public events in letter price cuttings asked secretary details number flights full costs documentation purpose if reports accurate would stunning hypocritical breach trust given trump administration trying take away health care millions americans proposing slash funding hhs wrote as lawmaker price chastised fiscal responsibility government private plane use appearance cnbc also posted twitter time questions price charter flights come another top official treasury secretary steve mnuchin facing scrutiny use government plane fly kentucky visit louisville fort knox mnuchin wife viewed solar eclipse trip area country experienced full eclipse politicsnews