Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, who is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, told senators Thursday that climate change is real but that other nations are not doing enough to cut their carbon emissions.

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees Scott Bessent, Doug Burgum, Lee Zeldin and Scott Turner will sit for Senate confirmation hearings Thursday. Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin will testify Thursday at 10 a ...

Lee Zeldin for EPA, and Scott Turner for HUD.Scott BessentThe president-elect spent much of his campaign focusing on the economy, so Treasury nominee Scott Bessent has a big task.When announcing ...

Sen. Tim Scott, the Republican chairman of the committee, in his opening remarks took a pause before mentioning the former name of the Washington football team where Turner once played. Turner noted he was drafted in the 7th round of the NFL, “which is the last round for those that don’t know,” a quip that got some chuckles in the room.

The Senate is holding more confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks ahead of his return to office on Monday.

Thursday marks another busy day of hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees as his inauguration approaches. The day will feature Lee Zeldin, the nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) as his nominee for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on November 11, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation. The Senate Environment ...

Loeffler is a top donor to Trump who served for a time as a U.S. senator from Georgia. She was appointed to the seat by Gov. Brian Kemp and served from 2020 to January 2021, when she lost a special election. She was chief executive of Bakkt, a cryptocurrency trading platform. She will appear before the Small Business Committee.

Lee Zeldin, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, is poised to spearhead a sweeping rollback of regulations related to meatpacking plant pollution, fertilizer chemicals and a wide range of other agriculture-related environmental standards.

Scott Turner, President Trump’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) nominee, is an inspired choice to lead the department. I first met Scott in 2019, shortly after he began leading ...

The Senate Banking Committee voted 13-11, along party lines, on Thursday to advance Scott Turner’s nomination to be secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, with Democrats ...

The Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday along party lines, 13-11, to advance the nomination of Scott Turner to be secretary of Housing and Urban Development, as Democrats and Republicans ...