(Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz secures EPA Commitment)... This week the Congressman pressed the Environmental Protection Administration Administrator Lee Zeldin

. It wasat the House Energy and commerce Subcommittee on Environment hearing on the fiscal year 2027 EPA budget, securing a commitment from the Administrator to visit the New River region, engage with the binational water quality study, and apply the same federal model used to address the Tijuana River crisis to the New River in Imperial Valley.