Soaring inflation didn’t stop U.S. Senators Mike Rounds, Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer from spending taxpayer money on private air travel this fiscal year. A Newsweek analysis found which lawmakers are spending the most. 💸
From left, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Mike Rounds and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.Staff for most senators did not respond to requests for comment on the spending. Rounds' office said the flights were necessary for him to reach the Capitol from his rural hometown in a timely manner. Spokespeople for Barrasso and Sinema said charter flights allowed the senators to quickly travel across their large states to meet with constituents.
House members members spent under $50,000, booking only about a dozen trips during the same three-year period. In the House, representatives can't take private flights to or from Washington, D.C. without prior written permission from the House Administration Committee. The same restriction applies to any trip priced at more than $7,500.
Rounds could have flown to work commercially for thousands less if he had instead traveled through Denver, flight information shows. The U.S. allocates millions of dollars a year to subsidize round-trip flights between Pierre and the Colorado capital on a daily basis. It's part of the federal Essential Air Service program, which brings airlines to communities that are not profitable to serve.
The commercial flights from Pierre to Denver, which depart daily at 8:20 a.m., also wouldn't allow Rounds to keep his schedule, Ward said. Thune, the state's senior senator, participated in all votes during the same time frame. He spent about $60,000 on charter flights during the past fiscal year.
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