Ranking Member Heinrich (D-N.M.) questions Kevin Lilly, Trump’s Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks and William Hague, Trump’s Assistant Secretary of the Interior nominee before U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, June 23, 2026. Courtesy photo

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending Trump nominees, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee’s Ranking Member, questioned Kevin Lilly,  President Trump’s nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks and William Hague, President Trump’s nominee to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior nominee for Insular and International Affairs on the Trump administration’s plans to mitigate infectious diseases on public lands, funding international conservation efforts, budget cuts to National Park Service, the Department of the Interior’s deep sea mining efforts, and administrative expenses. 

The full exchange can be found here.