The exchange came as Trump proposed slashing EPA funding by 52%, from $8.82B to $4.2B for fiscal year 2027
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, got into a heated exchange with Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on Monday over whether she was familiar with precedents governing the EPA’s mission.
“You’re upset that you don’t know what Loper Bright is,” Zeldin said, referring to the landmark Supreme Court case from 2024 that reshaped the power of regulatory agencies.
“I’m upset — because,” DeLauro started to respond.
“You know what the major policy doctrine is?” Zeldin interjected. “You’re a member of Congress. You should know.”