Former New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin was confirmed by the Senate Wednesday as President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency administrator — earning bipartisan support.
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.
The 44-year-old ex-congressman had flown through the Senate Environment and Public Works vetting process and passed a cloture vote on the Senate floor earlier Wednesday by the same margin and with the same three Democrats supporting him.
In his confirmation hearing, the former Suffolk County congressman and 2022 Empire State gubernatorial candidate pointed to his record of cracking down on pollution and cleaning up waterways in his home state as proof that his EPA would focus on “protecting our environment, while also protecting our economy.”
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Senate easily confirms ex-LI Rep. Lee Zeldin as Trump’s EPA chief
- by: Josh Christenson
- 01.29.25
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NY Post
- 01/30/2025
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