In just one year, Administrator Lee Zeldin has systematically dismantled protections that keep our kids, families, and climate safe and our air and water clean. He slashed vital funding, gutted agency staff, and has rigged the system to put corporate polluters first, at the expense of our health. Zeldin’s EPA has rejected science and health data to erode commonsense public health safeguards. He has decimated environmental justice programs and hard-fought progress. These actions are increasing our everyday costs, including healthcare and electricity bills, and worsening our quality of life.

This EPA has unleashed a destructive and dangerous agenda. Because of Zeldin’s directives, people will suffer more health-damaging air pollution and more toxic chemicals in our homes, in our food, in our products, and in our water. Zeldin’s rollbacks will lead to more carbon dioxide and methane pollution that contributes to worsening climate disasters. Families across the country, whether rural or urban, are already struggling with the consequences of these actions. The damage will span generations. Zeldin is deepening environmental injustices and leaving a terrible legacy for our children and grandchildren.

EPA’s mandate is clear: Protect human health and the environment. By corrupting EPA’s mission, Administrator Lee Zeldin has abandoned his sworn duty. His actions violate his oath of office, subvert the will of Congress, and betray the trust that the American people placed in him.
We have seen enough.

Administrator Zeldin must go. I join in calling for his immediate resignation.