On Wednesday, Lee Zeldin received Senate confirmation to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the latest of President Donald Trump‘s second-term nominees to get approval from the upper chamber of Congress.
The GOP-led Senate voted 56-42 to confirm Zeldin, a former Republican congressman from New York, to take on the Cabinet role. Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) broke ranks and voted for Zeldin with their GOP colleagues. Two Democrat senators did not vote.
“CONFIRMED! Thank You to the 56 Senators for your vote and confidence,” Zeldin said in a post to X. “Grateful to President [Trump] for having the faith in me to be part of his Cabinet as [EPA] Administrator. Make America Great Again!”
CONFIRMED! Thank You to the 56 Senators for your vote and confidence.
Grateful to President @realDonaldTrump for having…