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Lee Zeldin: “In 2024, the amount of money that was obligated and spent at…”

Featuring: Lee Zeldin, Republican | Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency | National

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Extended interview: EPA head Lee Zeldin on agency cuts, repealing endangerment finding

Published | Video Starts at 03:16

How can it do the things you just described with 65% fewer people? Well, the 65% number that I've been speaking about consistently is that In 2024, the amount of money that was obligated and spent at EPA was over $60 billion. And when I came into this position in January, I had pledged that from year to year, from 2024 to 2025, that that number would be down over 65%. (03:16–03:25)

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