Biden’s Choice to Lead EPA Water Office Wins Senate Approval

The Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm Radhika Fox, the Biden administration’s nominee to head up the EPA’s Office of Water.

Fox was confirmed by a 55-43 vote, making her the first woman of color and the first person of Asian American descent to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s water office. The vote came after the Senate voted earlier to invoke cloture on her nomination to cut off debate.

Fox now officially takes the reins of one of the EPA’s biggest divisions. One of her trickiest tasks will be ironing out a new definition of what qualifies as a federal ...