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EPA boss gets earful from staffers during Chicago stop
EPA employees uncertain about their careers under the Trump administration grilled Administrator Lee Zeldin during his visit to the agency's Chicago office Thursday morning.
Zeldin — who has embraced the administration's government downsizing effort and said he wants to cut the agency's budget by more than half — arrived Thursday for an all-hands meeting with employees in the Chicago office.
Staffers knew about it a day ahead of time and dozens of EPA employees packed into the event, including some wearing employee union T-shirts, said Nicole Cantello, president of the union local that represents EPA workers in the Chicago office.
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After Zeldin gave a speech to the audience, EPA employees surrounded him and asked 'tons of questions,' Cantello said.
