The Senate confirmed former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin as the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in a bipartisan vote, paving the way for the Trump administration’s de-regulatory agenda. 

Zeldin, 44, was confirmed Wednesday in a 56-42 vote, with Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ)and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) as the three Democrats voting in favor of his nomination. Zeldin is the seventh member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to be confirmed since the Republican assumed office.

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