Lee Michael Zeldin is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 17th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since January 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he represented New York's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023. From 2011 to 2014, Zeldin served as a member of the New York State Senate from the 3rd Senate district.
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin appeared on Fox Business touting U.S. energy dominance, highlighting nuclear and oil and gas expansion under Trump and growing Indo-Pacific demand for American energy supply.
Zeldin is praised as a competent executive turning the EPA from a regulatory weapon against domestic energy into an instrument of American geopolitical and economic strength.