WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. Zeldin testifies on the President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin looks at files as he testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. Zeldin testifies on the President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin looks at files as he testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. Zeldin testifies on the President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin looks at a report as he testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. Zeldin testifies on the President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) questions Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin as he testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. Zeldin testifies on the President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. Zeldin testifies on the President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. Zeldin testifies on the President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. Zeldin testifies on the President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)