The former republican of the New York Republican Lee Zeldin was confirmed as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). the agency Commissioned with the protection of human health and the environment. With a complete votes from the Senate from 56 to 42, Zeldin received the “yes” voting for the confirmation of all 53 Republican senators, with three democratic senators exceeded the party lines to confirm it. Zeldin is the seventh candidate who is confirmed President Donald Trump’s cabinet.
✅ confirmed: Lee Zeldin as an administrator of the EPA. pic.twitter.com/df7qb4r8on
– Fast answer 47 (@rapidresponse47) January 29, 2025
Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego from Arizona and John Fetterman from Pennsylvania contained the 56-42 votes, who, alongside all 53 Republicans in the upper chamber, met their approval of Zeldin.
The 44-year-old ex-congressman had flown through the environment of the Senate and the custody process of public work and on Wednesday by a Wabins voice over the Senate floor with the same lead and with the same three democrats who supported him.
In his hearing for confirmation, the former Member of the congregation of Suffolk County and the governor candidate of the Empire State Empire focused on his records, pollution and cleaning of waterways in his home state as proof that his EPA would concentrate on the protection of our environment. “
Zeldin criticized Trump’s predecessor, President Joe Biden, because of the “first tone of the economy” and said that the 47th presidential administration would “do everything in our power to apply the size of American innovation with the size of American preservation and environmental administration”.
Part of this apply began with a sale. Trump removed the United States from the Paris climate agreement and has promised to push all the Green New Deal initiatives back, which many are embedded in the operations of the EPA under the previous administration. Zeldin is commissioned to ensure that all EPA guidelines match the mandate of President Trump, in particular the environment of American energy.
✅ confirmed! Many thanks to the 56 senators for their voice and their trust.
Grateful to the president @Raldonaldtrump For the fact that I have the belief in myself to be part of his cabinet @Epa Administrator.
Make America great again! 🇺🇸
– Lee Zeldin (@leemzeldin) January 29, 2025
Since the votes for confirmation of Zeldin reflect, his hearing of the confirmation was less sudden than that of the Minister of Defense Pete Hegseth and the hearing for confirmation on Wednesday morning with Health and Human Services (HHS) -Kominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
At his hearing on January 16, Zeldin therefore promised:
Success is defined for many, including me, because we leave this world better than we found it. I want every child in this nation – including my daughters and their children – inherit a world with pristine air, pristine water and a flourishing economy. This mission has to overcome politics, and I look forward to working with all of them to achieve them.
Zeldin made it clear that he was a “thought” for a “feeling”moral responsibility“To be a good administrator of the environment, and this environmental protection and economic success have not been mutually eliminated.
