Energy and Environment

Pruitt ends EPA gym memberships

By John Siciliano
Published April 13, 2017 4:28pm ET
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Pruitt ends EPA gym memberships
A receipt from the purchase showed that the EPA office on the campus of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas had charged $14,799.63 one year ago to buy 37 "1 Year Super Sport" packages at 24 Hour Fitness. (AP Photo/D.J. Peters) | D.J. PETERS

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said Thursday that the days of gym memberships being paid for by the American taxpayer are over.

Pruitt was on “Fox and Friends,” where he was asked about documents released Wednesday that show EPA employees spent more than $15,000 on gym memberships outside of the free services they were already being given.

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