The head of the Environmental Protection Agency clashed angrily with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an “aspiring fiction writer” and saying another does not “care about wasting money.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin got into a tense back-and-forth with California Senator Adam Schiff over Trump's environmental rollbacks.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has said his tenure will turbocharge the American economy while ensuring clean air and water. Democrats say he is endangering the lives of millions of Americans and abandoning the agency’s dual mission to protect the environment and human health.