Former New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin was confirmed as President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency administrator after clearing procedural hurdles with bipartisan support. Zeldin, who served as a congressman and ran for governor of New York in 2022, pledged to balance environmental protection with economic growth.
The 56-42 vote featured Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego of Arizona, as well as John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, giving their approval of Zeldin alongside all 53 Republicans in the upper chamber.
Zeldin criticized Trump’s predecessor, President Joe Biden, for “suffocating the economy” and said the 47th president’s administration would “do everything in our power to harness the greatness of American innovation with the greatness of American conservation and environmental stewardship.
Zeldin told members of the Environment and Public Works Committee during his hearing that he also would not be swayed by the fossil fuel lobby, while creating distance between himself and Trump on the issue of climate change. “I believe that climate change is real,” he also told Sen. Bernie Sanders , arguing that Trump’s claims of climate change being a “hoax” peddled by Democrats and media allies was, rather, an expression of concern “about the economic costs of some policies.”Zeldin told members of the Environment and Public Works Committee during his hearing that he also would not be swayed by the fossil fuel lobby, while creating distance between himself and Trump on the issue of climate change.Sen.
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