WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Rep. Lee Zeldin to function administrator of the Environmental Safety Company, Trump stated Monday.
As the top of the EPA, Zeldin is anticipated to be tasked with rolling again lots of the environmental rules from the Biden administration whereas Trump pushes an growth of fossil-fuel power.
“Lee, with a really sturdy authorized background, has been a real fighter for America First insurance policies,” Trump stated in a press release. “He’ll guarantee honest and swift deregulatory choices that can be enacted in a method to unleash the ability of American companies, whereas on the identical time sustaining the very best environmental requirements.”
Zeldin, a 44-year-old lawyer, served as a Republican congressman from New York, representing components of Lengthy Island from 2015 to 2023. He ran unsuccessfully for New York governor in 2022, with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul defeating Zeldin 53%-47%, a more in-depth margin than Republicans have lately achieved in statewide New York elections.
A staunch supporter of Trump, Zeldin has simply a 14% lifetime environmental voting score, out of a attainable 100%, from the League of Conservation Voters.
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“It’s an honor to affix President Trump’s Cupboard as EPA Administrator,” Zeldin stated in a press release on X. “We are going to restore US power dominance, revitalize our auto business to carry again American jobs, and make the US the worldwide chief of AI. We are going to achieve this whereas defending entry to scrub air and water.”
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