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Key Points
On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, the U.S. Senate confirmed Michael Regan as the next EPA Administrator.
Although Regan and most of the Biden-Harris administration’s other high-level EPA officials have fairly limited private sector experience, they are known as seasoned, pragmatic leaders who bring substantive expertise to their roles.
Over the next four years, expect Regan’s team to oversee significant regulatory action and increased enforcement across all media, all while prioritizing environmental justice.
The bipartisan confirmation of Michael Regan as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) elevates a public servant with a wealth of federal, state and nonprofit experience. Regan is not alone: nearly all of the Biden-Harris administration’s EPA appointees and hires have experience on Capitol Hill and at EPA (many having returned from the Obama administration), state regulatory agencies, prominent environmental groups or educational institu
(pressureUA/Getty Images) The more you listen to mobs, the more power you give them.
Ever been fired? I have. It’s a soul-crushing experience. It hollows you out, makes you question your self-worth. The time I lost my job, I was so dazed and flustered that I left my favorite tie at my workplace, and I still miss it. It was yellow, made of woven cotton, squared-off at the bottom. Like the ones Alex P. Keaton wore. Did I mention this was 1984, and that the job in question (manning the till at the local mini-mart in East Longmeadow, Mass.) paid $3.35 an hour? No matter. Thirty-seven years later, the injustice still stings. True, I mishandled the register hit the wrong button or something and a long line of seething customers formed as I tried to figure it out, but this was my second week on the job, and I feel I should have been given another shot, and I didn’t know some regional manager was one of the people in the line and . . . and . . . and . . .
To the Editor:
It was the best inauguration ever. Mostly because of its diversity â not just racial and ethnic diversity, but diversity of every kind.
A Black female fire captain leading the Pledge of Allegiance in sign language. A nurse singing âAmazing Graceâ in her work clothes at the Covid memorial the night before. A Capitol Police hero in a plain brown coat escorting the vice president. A mall empty of people and yet full of their presence.
Three former presidents standing together in support. One absent president acknowledged, and another one ignored. Lady Gagaâs dress, Bernie Sandersâs mittens, Karen Penceâs pearls. A president who said âweâ so many times more than he said âI.â
The
New York Times coverage of President Biden’s Inauguration Day appeared under a capitalized headline in Thursday’s edition:
“‘Democracy Has Prevailed’: Biden Vows to Mend Nation.”
When it was President Trump calling for peace and harmony after the terrorist attack in El Paso in August 2019, the
Times used the word in its banner headline (“Trump Urges Unity Versus Racism”). But after outrage by a leftist Twitter mob, it changed it to something more predictably liberal.
There will be no danger of backlash when it’s Democrat Biden looking for unity.
To Mr. Biden’s friends and family, his success at winning the White House is proof that there is something fundamentally reassuring about his character his loyalty, his empathy and his experience that Americans want after four years of an unpredictable and chaotic administration.