US EditionZeldin slams Whitehouse in heated exchange: Americans ‘put President Trump in office because of people like you’
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin clashed with Senate Democrats on May 21, 2025, during a heated hearing over his termination of nearly 800 grants nationwide.
- Zeldin initiated the grant freeze citing concerns about waste, fraud, and conflicts of interest linked to the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund created by the Inflation Reduction Act.
- The terminated grants included substantial funding awarded to Climate United Fund, the organization behind Green Banks, and Power Forward, leading to Democratic objections over alleged illegal actions by the EPA and inadequate oversight of the $45 billion in Inflation Reduction Act resources.
- U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a March 2025 restraining order blocking the cancellations, stating the EPA likely violated legal obligations, while an appeals court questioned the timing of Zeldin's actions during a two-hour hearing.
- This legal dispute highlights ongoing partisan conflict over climate funding and EPA oversight, with Republican efforts underway to repeal the GGRF authority, suggesting the battle may continue in court or Congress.
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Zeldin Torches Democrats Over EPA Reforms: ‘You Don’t Care About 99% Of This Story’
Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), got into heated exchanges with Senate Democrats on Wednesday over his efforts to save taxpayer dollars at the agency.Zeldin testified in front of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday and clashed with Democrats on the committee over his efforts to cut waste, fraud, and abuse.Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse argued with Zeldin about cuts to the agency.…
Citing Maine Morning Star reporting, Pingree presses EPA on PFAS grant terminations • Maine Morning Star
Rep. Chellie Pingree outside the U.S. Capitol. (Rep. Chellie Pingree via Facebook) Citing Maine Morning Star’s reporting, Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine pressed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on conflicting statements about why it cut grants for forever chemical research in Maine. Earlier this month, the EPA terminated all of the grants it had awarded for research into reducing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, otherw…
Explosive Senate Showdown: EPA Chief Lee Zeldin Erupts in Shouting Match with Sen. Whitehouse Over Environmental Cuts | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
In a fiery Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Wednesday, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin engaged in a heated exchange with far-left senators over the Trump administration’s proposed 55% budget cut to the EPA and the cancellation of nearly 800 Biden-era environmental grants.
Lee Zeldin and Democratic senator get in shouting match on Capitol Hill · American Wire News
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin torched Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) over grant cancellations during a heated exchange in a Senate hearing. The Environmental Protection Agency chief sparred with Democrats in testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday, defending the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the agency’s budget. The funding cuts and whether or not grants had been thoroughly reviewed became a point…
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The HillZeldin slams Whitehouse in heated exchange: Americans ‘put President Trump in office because of people like you’
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin got into a shouting match over agency grant cancellations during a Senate hearing Wednesday. Whitehouse was questioning Zeldin over whether the EPA conducted individual reviews of the grants it had canceled amid sweeping funding cuts across the government under President Trump. The Rhode Island Democrat said the testimony of agency officials and s…
Fireworks! Secretary Zeldin Takes on Slush Fund Whitehouse
During the day’s hearing, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called out Democrat Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a champion of wild spending and Green scam slush funds: “We’re not going to waste dollars just because you insist on EPA lighting taxpayer dollars on fire. The American taxpayers, they put President Trump in office because of people like you. […] The post Fireworks! Secretary Zeldin Takes on Slush Fund Whitehouse appeared first on www.independents…
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