The Senate is expected to vote on whether to confirm former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

"He has been rewarded for his obsequience and will carry out Trump’s mandate against green initiatives and corporate accountability," says the letter writer.

John Thune Hammers Biden’s ‘Excessive Regulations’, Praises EPA Nom Lee Zeldin Ahead Of Senate Vote During remarks on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) spoke about President Trump's EPA nominee,

Trump’s EPA Nominee Lee Zeldin Advances In The Senate The Senate voted to invoke cloture on the nomination of Lee Zeldin to serve as EPA Administrator. Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism,

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

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Republican former congressman Lee Zeldin to head the country's Environmental Protection Agency. A key appointment in Trump's climate agenda-- which includes boosting fossil fuel expansion and rolling back environmental regulation-- is Lee Zeldin,

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,

Zeldin will appear Thursday before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for his confirmation hearing to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Lee Zeldin said Americans deserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy” during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a department likely to play a central role in President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to slash federal regulations and promote oil and gas development.