What gym contract did the EPA sign that costs $1 million/year for employees? For that money each employee better be buff and had their own personal trainer – PB/TK
EPA Ends $1 Million Taxpayer-Funded Gym Membership Program – By Elizabeth Harrington / June 19 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency has ended a nearly $1 million program that provided gym memberships for employees.
The new administration under EPA administrator Scott Pruitt identified the gym memberships as an abuse of taxpayer dollars. Examples of the program’s misuse included $15,000 for gym memberships for 37 EPA scientists in Las Vegas last year.
“We have ended taxpayer-funded fitness centers at EPA; a program that was costing American taxpayers $900,000 per year,” said EPA spokesperson Jahan Wilcox. “Disinvestment in using federal funds for EPA fitness centers will allow the agency to invest this money in core activities to protect the environment.”
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