WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted largely along party lines Wednesday to confirm former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin’s ...

Sheldon Whitehouse, Senate Environment and Public ... leading Markey to suggest present-day Lee Zeldin doesn’t agree with 2016 Lee Zeldin. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., brought up constituents ...

The Republican-controlled Senate has confirmed Lee Zeldin as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the committee’s ranking ... "Sadly, all signs point to no." WASHINGTON — Former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin moved a step closer to confirmation as the ...

Lee Zeldin, President Donald Trump’s nominee ... He did not explain why. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the committee’s ranking member, had urged his colleagues to vote against Zeldin.

Several Democrats voted in favor of Zeldin, a former lawmaker from New York who will oversee an agency tasked with protecting ...

MORE: Lee Zeldin tapped to lead Environmental Protection Agency ... energy and clean energy' Democrats on the hearing committee, including ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., expressed concern ...

16 (UPI) --The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is questioning the nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin ... Ranking member Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said ...

Whitehouse did not press for a better answer on the threshold, but did ask Zeldin if he could name any key climate “tipping points.” The EPA appointee was unable to offer up a single one. 5.