WATCH LIVE: EPA's Zeldin testifies on Trump's budget request in Senate Environment hearing
Summary
President Donald Trump's administration plans to cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) budget by half. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin testified before a Senate committee to support the budget cuts and defend changes made under his leadership.Key Facts
- The EPA budget proposal calls for reducing funding by 50 percent.
- Lee Zeldin is the current EPA Administrator leading the agency.
- Zeldin has reduced EPA staff to the lowest numbers in decades.
- He canceled major climate change programs.
- Zeldin promoted what he called the largest deregulation efforts in U.S. history.
- Billions in environmental justice grants from the Biden administration were canceled.
- Zeldin criticized Democratic senators during the hearing, questioning their preparation and concern.
- The hearing was part of three budget discussions held in the Senate that week.
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