Washington, March 23 -- Representative Hillary Scholten issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari requesting an immediate investigation into Sean Plankey, a former Senior Advisor to the Secretary for the Coast Guard. While serving in that role, Mr. Plankey was also publicly listed as a Senior Consultant at Pratus, a platform owned by a government contractor, Disaster Tech, that actively seeks out and does business with the federal government.

"During his tenure as the Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Mr. Plankey was likely in a position to review substantial contracts, make decisions on which entity woul...