Mr. Zeldin, a Trump loyalist, would be charged with dismantling climate rules and perhaps the agency itself. He faced questions from the Senate Thursday.

Maryland’s freshman senator was in the spotlight Thursday as she had a chance to question some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is questioning the nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, in a confirmation hearing Thursday.

Senate Committee hearing on the nomination of Lee Zeldin to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, enjoyed a fairly easy confirmation hearing Thursday. Zeldin, in testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,

During the confirmation hearing for Lee Zeldin this week, Senator Adam Schiff questioned Zeldin on his potential commitments to combating lead contamination, if he were confirmed.

The Vermont senator took a dig at President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

WASHINGTON -- Former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin denied that he will favor industry over the environment and declared he thinks climate change is real as he faced questions Thursday on his nomination to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

During the confirmation hearing for Lee Zeldin in the U.S. Senate this week, Senator Bernie Sanders grilled Zeldin over President-elect Trump's past statements on climate change

Since launching in 2021, America First Policy Institute has been known colloquially around Washington, D.C., as Donald Trump's "Cabinet in waiting."

EPA Administrator nominee Lee Zeldin stated that while he couldn’t prejudge the outcomes of any processes, he acknowledged the importance of year-round E15. Despite this non-committal response, leaders of ethanol industry groups,