Karoline Leavitt: President Trump Wants To Ensure The U.S. Has ‘The Cleanest Air And The Cleanest Water’

During Tuesday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered questions about President Trump's environmental agenda.

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00:00Go ahead Mary. Earth Day and then the Supreme Court if that's okay. That's right. It's Earth Day.

00:04Yes. Happy Earth Day everyone. I saw the president truthing about the garbage pile up from China

00:10and the Pacific and then I believe Lee Zeldin is headed to San Diego to investigate the pile

00:16of sewage from Mexico. Can you speak to what the White House has planned for Earth Day and anything

00:20in that arena? Sure. I do have points from the EPA. Administrator Zeldin is doing a fantastic job

00:27and they are always sharing their accomplishments with the White House which we very much appreciate.

00:31He will be traveling. I believe he's in California today for sewage situation. Here you go.

00:39Administrator Zeldin met with his Mexican counterpart to discuss steps Mexico needs to take to ensure

00:44the water entering the United States is clean and safe and he's holding a press conference in San

00:48Diego today with elected officials and local stakeholders on the Tijuana River sewage crisis.

00:53I would also add from the president himself he has always maintained he wants America to have the

00:59cleanest air and the cleanest water and we want to do what's right for our environment and for our

01:03earth and a lot of that is making sure that we have clean and sustainable energy and we know that we

01:09produce natural gas cleaner and more efficiently than any country in this world and the president

01:14wants to see that continue. Thank you.