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EPW Committee votes 11-8 to favorably report Lee M. Zeldin nomination to lead EPA
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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 11-8 to favorably report the nomination of Lee M. Zeldin to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after opening statements from the committee chair and Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 11-8 to favorably report the nomination of Lee M. Zeldin of New York to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency during a business meeting that included an opening statement from the committee chair and extended criticism from Ranking Member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the committee's ranking member, said he would vote against the nomination and urged his colleagues to oppose Zeldin. "A free to pollute business model serves the fossil fuel industry and only the fossil fuel industry," Whitehouse said, adding that recent executive actions by the president…
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