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Lee Zeldin: “We are not going to regulate out of existence entire sectors…”

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

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FULL INTERVIEW: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Defends Move To Repeal Major Greenhouse Gas Regulation

Published | Video Starts at 10:39

It's not. In order to make America the AI capital, the world, in order to unleash energy dominance, to protect the jobs, to bring down energy costs. We are not going to regulate out of existence entire sectors of our economy. and we are not going to interpret law in whichever vague creative way allows us to give ourselves maximum power. The power comes from the law and from Congress, not from our own creativity. (10:39–10:43)

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Asserts opposition to regulations that would eliminate entire economic sectors.

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