US Watchdog Attacks $43,000 Bill for Official's Soundproof Booth

A U.S. government watchdog on Monday said the Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it approved a $43,000 soundproof privacy booth for use by the agency's embattled administrator, Scott Pruitt. The Government Accountability Office said EPA failed to comply with a law prohibiting a government agency from spending more than $5,000 in federal funds to furnish or redecorate an office of a presidential appointee such as Pruitt without first notifying congressional...

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