Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said during a Breitbart News policy event on Monday that there is “no better time than now” to end the Democrat shutdown, noting that the shutdown threatens the agency’s ability to ensure clean air, land, and water for the American people.

Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle spoke to Zeldin as eight Senate Democrats broke with the rest of the party to advance legislation that would reopen the federal government.

He explained that, although the agency operated on some carryover funding, the weekslong government shutdown threatens the government’s ability to protect…

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