WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles.
The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Lee Zeldin as the nation’s 17th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The former New York congressman has little experience in environmental policy. He is expected to follow orders to weaken climate rules.
Opponents of the bill say surgical castration isn't needed in Iowa because of preexisting punishments for those convicted of certain sex crimes.
Republicans still have large legislative majorities in Iowa, but a Democrat’s apparent win in a solidly conservative area buoyed that party at a moment of uncertainty.
The floor covering in the House chamber is adorned with the state tree, the Douglas fir, while chinook salmon and wheat are woven into the carpet in the Senate. Chinook salmon are the state fish and wheat represents the state’s farming heritage.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President
The education committees in both the House and Senate approved a $450 million bill, a top priority for Gov. Bill Lee. Legislators are expected to pass it quickly during a special session this week.
President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as "critical race theory" and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk losing their federal money.