← Chronicle · Confirmation · January 29, 2025

Lee Zeldin Confirmed as EPA Administrator, 56–42

Senate vote: 56–42

Lee Zeldin was confirmed by the Senate as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on January 29, 2025, by a vote of 56–42 (nomination PN11-23) — confirmed the same week as the Treasury and Transportation secretaries, in the first wave of the new administration.

The mission that started here is the environmental deregulation and permitting program this chronicle tracks under the Energy & Permitting hub, where Zeldin works alongside Secretary Burgum at Interior and Secretary Wright at Energy on the National Energy Council’s agenda.

Sources: U.S. Senate roll call votes, 119th Congress, 1st Session (vote 24, January 29, 2025), senate.gov; Environmental Protection Agency.