Lee Zeldin, a former Republican New York congressman, was confirmed on Wednesday as the new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a Senate vote of 56-42. Three Democrats voted with a ...

Former Long Island Congressmember Lee Zeldin, who once sat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, won Senate confirmation Wednesday in a final vote of 56-42 to head the Environmental Protection ...

Lee Zeldin was sworn in as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Administrator Zeldin will work closely on the EPA’s mission. Zeldin says he’s honored to be the 17th administra ...

As the Trump administration targets federal spending and blocks some funding, the administrator re-upped his vow to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is ...

Lee Zeldin, the former New York congressman tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is set to face his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.

WATCH: Sen. Lummis asks Zeldin if he’d follow the science or the law as EPA chief Zeldin responded that his "first obligation" would be to follow the law. WATCH: Lee Zeldin testifies at Senate ...

Zeldin has little experience heading an agency. Former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Long Island Republican and President-elect Donald J. Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency ...

NEW YORK-- Ex-New York congressman Lee Zeldin got mixed reviews from Long Island environmentalists after his Senate confirmation hearing to become President-elect Donald Trump's Environmental ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to ...