The Senate will vote on Wednesday or he should confirm Former Rep. Lee rarin To lead the leading agency of the government on environmental rules and regulations.
President Donald Trump Rarin, who previously served as a congress district of New York from 2015 to 2023, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under his administration. During his term of office in the congress, rarer, an army reserve -Lieutenant -Konel, launched a campaign for governor in New YorkWhen he only followed five percentage points in the largely democratic state.
Redin underwent a confirmation hearing earlier this month, when he was questioned about climate change by members of the Senate Environment and the Public Works Committee.
The Senate held a mood for rarer on Wednesday afternoon, who ended the debate about his nomination. The room now moves to a mood on the last floor.
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, RN.Y., The choice of President Donald Trump to Leiden the Environmental Protection in Leiden, appears for the Senate Environment and the Public Works Committee for Capitol Hill, Thursday, January 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
If confirmed on Wednesday, the agency will lead to the agency that offers environmental problems and environmental projects and environmental projects and environmental projects and rules and establish rules that are in line with the views of administration on environmental protection and climate change.
During his confirmation hearing, rarer promised that, if confirmed, he would “promote a cooperation culture within the agency and support career staff who have devoted themselves to this mission. I strongly believe that we have a moral responsibility to be good stewards of our environment for generations To come. “
Lee Zeldin, former representative of New York, with athlete Riley Gaines, outside the Republican National Convention of 2024 at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 16, 2024. (J. Conrad Williams, Jr./newsday RM)
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The last voting round comes as a senate majority leader John Thune, Rs.d., continues to promote the confirmation process to push Trump’s cabinet nominees.
