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Administrator Zeldin Spars With Rep. Landsman Over Working Families Tax Cuts

April 29, 2026 · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · 0:01:26

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What happened

In a House hearing exchange released by the Environmental Protection Agency, Rep. Landsman asked EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin whether, as a former member of Congress, he would have supported the legislation at issue. Zeldin answered that he absolutely would have voted yes on the Working Families Tax Cut, as he named it, and said Americans across the country are happy to get a lot more back in their tax returns, as he stated it. He thanked the Republicans on the committee who voted for it on behalf of those Americans, according to his remarks.

Landsman pressed him, saying no one is thanking the administration for, as Landsman characterized it, cutting healthcare and adding trillions for the wealthy. Zeldin replied that this showed how out of touch Landsman is, said he had visited all 50 states in his first nine months, and said people tell him they appreciate having more money in their wallets for heating, gas and groceries — they do not, as he put it, repeat Landsman’s soundbites — according to the exchange as released.

Why it matters

The clip preserves, side by side, the administration’s tax-cut pitch in Zeldin’s words and the Democratic counter-argument in Landsman’s — a compact record of how the tax law was being contested in committee in spring 2026.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Administrator Zeldin Exposes Congressman Who is Out of Touch with Economic Concerns of Americans”, 2026-04-29 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-04-29). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.