Former New York Republican Republican member Lee Zeldin was confirmed by the Senate as an administrator of the Trump Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday and gained the support of a superb.
The 56-42 votes featured Mark Kelly, Ruben Galegego, and Pennsylvania John Fetterman in Arizona, and gave Zeldin approval with all 53 Republican Party of Upper Chamber.
The 44 -year -old former supervisor flew the examination process of the Senate environment and public works, and in the same margin, the coagulation slip on the Senator's floor early on Thursday, and the same three Democrats supported him. 。
In his confirmation hearing, former Safolk Congress Congress and the Empire's governor's candidate in 2022 said his EPA, “focusing on our environment and focusing on our protection. He pointed out the crackdown of pollution and the cleaning of his hometown.
Zeldin criticized Joe Biden, his predecessor of Trump as “suffocating the economy,” and said, “To use the greatness of American innovation with the greatness of American protection and environmental management. We do everything with our power. “
After taking office, Trump signed a presidential order to increase the production of domestic oil and gas, and gained good promises in the 2024 campaign, and declared an emergency situation of national energy.
In contrast, Biden and Former Vises President Camala Harris pursued energy policy to push the United States into zero -zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. New permission for excavation in the federal land.
Under the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, billions of dollars were distributed for various environmental programs.
Zeldin told the environment and public works committee that he would not shake the fossil fuel lobby, while making a distance between himself and Trump on climate change issues.
“There is no dollar that can affect my decision. Who can access me and how it controls my duty under the law,” he said. He told the Diet (D-RI).
“I think the climate change is genuine,” he told Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Trump's claim that climate change is “Hoax” conducted by the Democratic Party and the media allies. He claimed that it was an expression of concern. About the economic cost of some policy. “
Seldin's confirmation hearing that Senator Sherry Moore Capito (RW.Va.) stated the future EPA to work on “energy costs and rolling blackouts” that were excessively dependent on alternative to renewable energy. He said he was looking forward to the administrator.
New Yorker told panel capidi and other members that the EPA would pursue both the “cleanest” and “environmentally friendly” energy solutions without striking the burden on producers.
The 78 -year -old Trump nominates a former re -Republican member, promotes his “very powerful legal background,” and “ensures a fair and prompt deregulation decision, and at the same time, and at the same time. Maintain environmental standards for. “
