Working with Elon Musk, DOGE has been fantastic: EPA head Lee Zeldin
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Um, so you've slashed already"}, {'start': '15.920', 'end': '21.199', 'text': "$22 billion in grants, but you've um"}, {'start': '18.560', 'end': '23.920', 'text': "you've used Doge, if I'm not mistaken,"}, {'start': '21.199', 'end': '25.840', 'text': 'to take down your headcount and any'}, {'start': '23.920', 'end': '29.119', 'text': "other budget cuts that you've"}, {'start': '25.840', 'end': '31.119', 'text': 'anticipated at EPA.'}, {'start': '29.119', 'end': '34.559', 'text': "It's been great. The people working on a"}, {'start': '31.119', 'end': '36.040', 'text': 'Doge mission are EPA employees.'}, {'start': '34.559', 'end': '39.440', 'text': 'What they provide to me are'}, {'start': '36.040', 'end': '43.200', 'text': 'recommendations. I make the decision and'}, {'start': '39.440', 'end': '44.960', 'text': "whether it is grants, it's it is really"}, {'start': '43.200', 'end': '47.280', 'text': "important. It's finding other"}, {'start': '44.960', 'end': '49.920', 'text': 'efficiencies, reducing backlogs, the'}, {'start': '47.280', 'end': '52.719', 'text': 'list goes on. I have found that working'}, {'start': '49.920', 'end': '54.879', 'text': 'with Elon and Doge has been fantastic, a'}, {'start': '52.719', 'end': '56.960', 'text': 'big help to our efforts. Is there a'}, {'start': '54.879', 'end': '58.879', 'text': 'ballpark number? Uh I mean your agency'}, {'start': '56.960', 'end': '61.600', 'text': 'is not all that big compared to some of'}, {'start': '58.879', 'end': '63.520', 'text': 'the other agencies, but are you going to'}, {'start': '61.600', 'end': '66.080', 'text': 'supply savings, you know, for the'}, {'start': '63.520', 'end': '69.320', 'text': 'upcoming reconciliation package or or'}, {'start': '66.080', 'end': '69.320', 'text': 'the recisions?'}, {'start': '69.520', 'end': '74.640', 'text': 'Yeah, as you just pointed out, we have'}, {'start': '71.760', 'end': '77.119', 'text': "uh I've canled now $22 billion worth of"}, {'start': '74.640', 'end': '79.920', 'text': 'grants and we are going to continue to'}, {'start': '77.119', 'end': '82.320', 'text': 'find more efficiencies. For example, we'}, {'start': '79.920', 'end': '84.960', 'text': 'occupy five buildings across two square'}, {'start': '82.320', 'end': '86.799', 'text': 'city blocks in DC. I just decided to'}, {'start': '84.960', 'end': '88.640', 'text': 'pull out of the Reagan building, which'}, {'start': '86.799', 'end': '90.320', 'text': "is the nicest building. It's the newest"}, {'start': '88.640', 'end': '92.159', 'text': "building, but it's where we were paying"}, {'start': '90.320', 'end': '94.079', 'text': 'the most amount of rent. So, by'}, {'start': '92.159', 'end': '96.240', 'text': 'consolidating our real estate footprint,'}, {'start': '94.079', 'end': '98.400', 'text': "there's another $18 million. We look at"}, {'start': '96.240', 'end': '100.400', 'text': 'travel, we look at staffing, we look at'}, {'start': '98.400', 'end': '101.920', 'text': 'more. We want to find any way to save'}, {'start': '100.400', 'end': '103.759', 'text': "money. And here's one of my big"}, {'start': '101.920', 'end': '105.759', 'text': 'frustrations through the years. Uh'}, {'start': '103.759', 'end': '108.000', 'text': "whether it's an idea that I'll save"}, {'start': '105.759', 'end': '110.159', 'text': '$1,000, a million dollars, or a billion'}, {'start': '108.000', 'end': '112.000', 'text': 'dollars, I want to know every way we'}, {'start': '110.159', 'end': '113.840', 'text': "could possibly save a dollar. It's all"}, {'start': '112.000', 'end': '115.520', 'text': 'important. We want to have no waste'}, {'start': '113.840', 'end': '117.680', 'text': 'whatsoever. Have you thought about'}, {'start': '115.520', 'end': '120.640', 'text': "moving in to the Federal Reserve's"}, {'start': '117.680', 'end': '123.200', 'text': 'mausoleum that they built this pyramid?'}, {'start': '120.640', 'end': '125.360', 'text': 'Two and a half billion dollars. I know'}, {'start': '123.200', 'end': '127.119', 'text': "it's an ugly building reflecting their"}, {'start': '125.360', 'end': '129.599', 'text': 'bad taste, but they might want to take'}, {'start': '127.119', 'end': '131.760', 'text': "in some extra tenants. I'm sort of half"}, {'start': '129.599', 'end': '133.120', 'text': 'joking, but half not joking. Anyway, you'}, {'start': '131.760', 'end': '136.720', 'text': "don't have to comment on that if you"}, {'start': '133.120', 'end': '138.959', 'text': "don't want to. Um, uh, environmental"}, {'start': '136.720', 'end': '140.800', 'text': "justice, you're striking that out. I"}, {'start': '138.959', 'end': '144.160', 'text': "know you've taken um I know you've taken"}, {'start': '140.800', 'end': '147.680', 'text': "the DI out, but you're also going after"}, {'start': '144.160', 'end': '149.599', 'text': 'the government formulas that justify uh'}, {'start': '147.680', 'end': '152.000', 'text': 'environment and climate regulations.'}, {'start': '149.599', 'end': '154.080', 'text': 'Okay. And a lot of the green crowd is'}, {'start': '152.000', 'end': '157.879', 'text': 'very unhappy with you. What are you'}, {'start': '154.080', 'end': '160.000', 'text': "changing that's got them up in arms so"}, {'start': '157.879', 'end': '163.040', 'text': "much? There's there's no more"}, {'start': '160.000', 'end': '166.319', 'text': 'environmental justice or DEI here at'}, {'start': '163.040', 'end': '169.440', 'text': "EPA. And the problem, and I I I've said"}, {'start': '166.319', 'end': '171.920', 'text': 'it to their faces, respectfully, if you'}, {'start': '169.440', 'end': '174.000', 'text': 'want to define environmental justice uh'}, {'start': '171.920', 'end': '176.000', 'text': 'with an argument based on some community'}, {'start': '174.000', 'end': '177.360', 'text': 'has been left behind and they need help,'}, {'start': '176.000', 'end': '179.840', 'text': "well, you're going to get a lot of"}, {'start': '177.360', 'end': '182.000', 'text': 'support for that concept, helping that'}, {'start': '179.840', 'end': '184.640', 'text': "community. But here's where the left has"}, {'start': '182.000', 'end': '186.400', 'text': 'gone wrong. In the name of environmental'}, {'start': '184.640', 'end': '188.319', 'text': 'justice, they then want to provide tens'}, {'start': '186.400', 'end': '190.159', 'text': 'of billions of dollars to left-wing'}, {'start': '188.319', 'end': '192.879', 'text': 'activist groups. They want to give $50'}, {'start': '190.159', 'end': '194.560', 'text': 'million to climate justice alliance. and'}, {'start': '192.879', 'end': '197.120', 'text': 'they say climate justice runs through a'}, {'start': '194.560', 'end': '199.040', 'text': "free Palestine. I say that if you're"}, {'start': '197.120', 'end': '201.040', 'text': 'going to spend a dollar, it should be'}, {'start': '199.040', 'end': '202.560', 'text': 'going directly towards remediating'}, {'start': '201.040', 'end': '204.159', 'text': 'environmental issues. And by the way,'}, {'start': '202.560', 'end': '206.560', 'text': "I'm here in Charleston, South Carolina"}, {'start': '204.159', 'end': '210.159', 'text': "right now. Uh I'm here with our great"}, {'start': '206.560', 'end': '213.040', 'text': 'vice president JD Vance, kicking off uh'}, {'start': '210.159', 'end': '214.799', 'text': 'the next 100 days, the rest of the Trump'}, {'start': '213.040', 'end': '216.720', 'text': 'Vance term. And I got to tell you,'}, {'start': '214.799', 'end': '219.120', 'text': "Charleston's popping. Real estate,"}, {'start': '216.720', 'end': '221.440', 'text': "business, uh and so much more. It's it's"}, {'start': '219.120', 'end': '223.760', 'text': "hot here. It's exciting. Gap, can you"}, {'start': '221.440', 'end': '226.000', 'text': 'put an economic impact statement in? You'}, {'start': '223.760', 'end': '227.920', 'text': 'know, the left never worries about the'}, {'start': '226.000', 'end': '230.640', 'text': 'impact on the economy. They only worry'}, {'start': '227.920', 'end': '232.400', 'text': 'about their um Green New Deal ideology.'}, {'start': '230.640', 'end': '234.879', 'text': "Wouldn't it be useful, you know, when"}, {'start': '232.400', 'end': '237.200', 'text': 'you go through these envir enviral'}, {'start': '234.879', 'end': '239.519', 'text': 'regulations to have an economic impact'}, {'start': '237.200', 'end': '242.480', 'text': 'statement?'}, {'start': '239.519', 'end': '244.080', 'text': 'Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Uh this is our'}, {'start': '242.480', 'end': '247.680', 'text': 'responsibility. And by the way, the'}, {'start': '244.080', 'end': '249.439', 'text': 'American public demands it, Larry. They'}, {'start': '247.680', 'end': '251.519', 'text': 'said last November, this is the Trump'}, {'start': '249.439', 'end': '254.239', 'text': 'mandate. They have economic concerns'}, {'start': '251.519', 'end': '256.079', 'text': 'that for many of them transcend blind'}, {'start': '254.239', 'end': '257.680', 'text': "partisan loyalty. They'll vote"}, {'start': '256.079', 'end': '259.120', 'text': "Republican because they're struggling to"}, {'start': '257.680', 'end': '261.519', 'text': "make ends meet. They'll vote for Donald"}, {'start': '259.120', 'end': '263.919', 'text': 'Trump because they care about unleashing'}, {'start': '261.519', 'end': '265.919', 'text': 'energy dominance. They want us there to'}, {'start': '263.919', 'end': '268.000', 'text': 'pursue permanent reform and make America'}, {'start': '265.919', 'end': '270.160', 'text': 'the AI capital world and bring back'}, {'start': '268.000', 'end': '271.919', 'text': 'American auto jobs. At the end of the'}, {'start': '270.160', 'end': '273.759', 'text': 'day, yesterday, President Trump was in'}, {'start': '271.919', 'end': '276.160', 'text': 'the White House with a whole bunch of'}, {'start': '273.759', 'end': '279.199', 'text': 'different CEOs talking about trillions'}, {'start': '276.160', 'end': '282.240', 'text': 'of dollars that have come in in what was'}, {'start': '279.199', 'end': '284.639', 'text': 'just 100 days. Uh, this is an exciting'}, {'start': '282.240', 'end': '286.880', 'text': "moment, but agencies can't turn a blind"}, {'start': '284.639', 'end': '290.000', 'text': 'eye to economic impact of these'}, {'start': '286.880', 'end': '292.800', 'text': 'regulations. Yeah, good stuff. Um, can'}, {'start': '290.000', 'end': '296.400', 'text': 'you take a whack? I I believe Biden left'}, {'start': '292.800', 'end': '298.800', 'text': 'the miles per gallon 52 miles per gallon'}, {'start': '296.400', 'end': '301.520', 'text': 'on the cafe fuel standards which strikes'}, {'start': '298.800', 'end': '303.199', 'text': 'me as outrageously high and I think they'}, {'start': '301.520', 'end': '305.600', 'text': 'did it deliberately to knock out'}, {'start': '303.199', 'end': '309.120', 'text': 'gasoline powered cars. Do you have that'}, {'start': '305.600', 'end': '309.120', 'text': 'in your uh in your'}, {'start': '309.160', 'end': '314.080', 'text': 'eyesight? So the Secretary of'}, {'start': '311.440', 'end': '315.919', 'text': 'Transportation Sean Duffy has been all'}, {'start': '314.080', 'end': '318.720', 'text': 'over that with regards to the cafe'}, {'start': '315.919', 'end': '321.120', 'text': 'standards. uh he gave an update during'}, {'start': '318.720', 'end': '322.960', 'text': "yesterday's cabinet meeting and then"}, {'start': '321.120', 'end': '326.160', 'text': "also an important update and I'm really"}, {'start': '322.960', 'end': '329.120', 'text': "glad you're asking is that EPA had given"}, {'start': '326.160', 'end': '331.440', 'text': 'waiverss to California that allowed them'}, {'start': '329.120', 'end': '334.880', 'text': 'to go forward with their EV mandate. So'}, {'start': '331.440', 'end': '337.120', 'text': 'I sent them to Congress yesterday. Two'}, {'start': '334.880', 'end': '339.039', 'text': 'of these Congressional Review Act bills'}, {'start': '337.120', 'end': '342.240', 'text': 'passed the House with a bipartisan'}, {'start': '339.039', 'end': '344.080', 'text': 'majority. Today the third waiver. Now it'}, {'start': '342.240', 'end': '346.240', 'text': 'goes over to the Senate. If the Senate'}, {'start': '344.080', 'end': '348.080', 'text': 'passes it, the president will get an'}, {'start': '346.240', 'end': '350.720', 'text': 'opportunity to sign it into law and then'}, {'start': '348.080', 'end': '352.639', 'text': 'we can just have one federal standard on'}, {'start': '350.720', 'end': '354.800', 'text': 'tailpipe emissions and vehicles as'}, {'start': '352.639', 'end': '356.320', 'text': 'opposed to the states going their own'}, {'start': '354.800', 'end': '359.120', 'text': 'way and having two different sets of'}, {'start': '356.320', 'end': '360.880', 'text': 'standards. It would be a big deal if if'}, {'start': '359.120', 'end': '362.960', 'text': 'uh the Senate was able to send it to the'}, {'start': '360.880', 'end': '364.960', 'text': 'president. All right, terrific stuff. Um'}, {'start': '362.960', 'end': '366.880', 'text': 'Lee Zelden, EPA administrator, thank you'}, {'start': '364.960', 'end': '368.639', 'text': 'very much. We we know you had to hustle.'}, {'start': '366.880', 'end': '372.000', 'text': 'We appreciate very much and thank you'}, {'start': '368.639', 'end': '372.000', 'text': 'for deregulating America.'}]