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Lee Zeldin: “The agency was just over 16,000 [employees]... we're…”

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 05:05

Do you know? So at the beginning of January when we came in, the number for the agency total, by the way, this isn't just scientists. This is all … The agency was just over 16,000 [employees]... we're predicting around 12 and a half thousand. … number? What is the right sized number of the agency. And as I was explaining then, it was too early to be able to tell them exactly what that number is. (05:05–05:18)

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Asserts a reduction in EPA staff from over 16,000 to around 12,500.

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