Lee Zeldin Confirmed To Lead EPA In 56-42 Vote

USA Today reports:

The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm former congressman Lee Zeldin as President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency administrator. Zeldin, who is expected to pursue a deregulation push at the EPA, was confirmed by a vote of 56 to 42.

Trump wants to rollback environmental rules, declaring when he announced Zeldin as his choice for EPA administrator that he would “ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses.”

Trump has dismissed concerns about climate change. He campaigned heavily against rules promoting electric vehicles and immediately removed the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate after taking office.

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