Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Steven Terner MnuchinLawmakers fear voter backlash over failure to reach COVID-19 relief deal United Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid House Democrats plan to unveil bill next week to avert shutdown MORE in an interview broadcast Sunday refused to comment on former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price Thomas (Tom) Edmunds PriceConspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention Coronavirus Report: The Hill's Steve Clemons interviews Chris Christie Trump flails as audience dwindles and ratings plummet MORE’s resignation, but said the American people “deserved to know” how the government is spending their money.

“Again, I can't comment,” Mnuchin told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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“What I will say is appropriate is I think the American public deserved to know how their money is being spent and that it's being spent carefully.”

Price resigned on Friday after the fallout from reports that he traveled on private and military aircraft at taxpayers' expense.

He offered his resignation to President Trump, making Price the first Cabinet official to resign from the Trump administration.