Lee Zeldin

There's a reason why the revolving fund is not revolving

is because there are members who take money out of the revolving fund and they give it as earmarks to members of their district.

And by the way, there are a lot of fantastic examples of how members, I'm sure, of this committee have secured these earmarks for their district.

I've gotten about 40 million back from my revolving fund anymore for clean water issue.

If you want it to revolve, you can make sure it's properly funded by getting rid of the congressionally directed spending.

If Congress chooses not to, you're going to continue to have this problem.

You're in charge of the EPA budget.

You're not in charge of earmarks, and hope is not a strategy.

Your agency created a website specifically to invite companies to fast-track waiver requests.

And a FOIA request shows that the company spoke with your staff to coordinate this request.

This wasn't just like something that the president did.

Your EPA

may not be granting the exemptions, but you went through great lengths to make sure that that was facilitated.

So, I mean, this is a mile away from a school.

This thing is spewing out 12 tons of lead every single year.

The bag costs $60 million.

Mr. Zeldin, can I get a commitment from you to fix this?

Can you go to the president and say, hey,

We made a mistake.

I mean, this was not, companies have responsibilities in these communities.