Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) need to “get off their asses,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said during a policy event with Breitbart News on Monday, discussing the aftermath of the devastating fire in the Palisades.

Describing the aftermath in the Palisades as “apocalyptic,” with over 13,000 buildings destroyed, Zeldin said his agency quickly jumped in to do their part.

“In record time this happened, the middle of January. [The] President was sworn in. A few days later, he signed an executive order. He wanted EPA to finish our Phase One hazardous material removal in 30 days, so that Army Corps can come in and do their Phase Two debris removal. The initial response was that was going to be impossible. You’ll be lucky if you could get this done by the

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