At his confirmation hearing Thursday, EPA Administrator-designate Lee Zeldin suggested he would rein in a weaponized—literally weaponized—bureaucracy at the EPA.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing for Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the EPA administrator.
During the hearing, Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, relayed instances during the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden of armed EPA officials conducting raids of local miners and auto mechanics’ shops in Alaska, only to find no violations of the Clean Water Act they were looking for.
“I believe in the Second Amendment. I don’t believe in an armed bureaucracy. The EPA is a SWAT team,” the Alaska lawmaker said.
“Do you believe the EPA should even have armed agents?” Sullivan asked, adding: “Can I get your commitment to focus on…
