Overview
- The EPA chief, who faced the House panel Monday, pressed a $4.2 billion fiscal 2027 request that would cut the agency by about 52 percent.
- Republicans and Democrats on the subcommittee warned they will not back deep cuts, and they pointed to last year when Congress reduced EPA by only 3.5 percent.
- Zeldin argued recent Supreme Court rulings limit EPA power under the Clean Air Act, citing Loper Bright, West Virginia v. EPA, and Michigan v. EPA.
- Tempers rose over climate rollbacks and mercury rules, with one lawmaker citing EPA projections of up to 1,531 extra pounds of mercury in 2035 and Zeldin saying that estimate was wrong.
- A Senate budget hearing now follows as lawsuits challenge his move to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding that underpinned greenhouse‑gas rules.