06/23/2026 at 09:30AM
The purpose of the hearing is to consider pending nominations:
- William Hague, of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Carmen G. Cantor, resigned.
- Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, vice Shannon Aneal Estenoz, resigned.
- Kaveh Farzad, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs), vice Andrew Eilperin Light, resigned.
Hague is a long-time AT&T executive and major campaign donor to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.
Kevin Lilly is the acting assistant secretary for fish, wildlife, and parks at the Interior Department—a position that oversees both the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Lilly is a Texas wealth manager with no conservation experience. He holds the acting position illegally.
Lilly resigned his position as the chair of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission in order to join the Trump administration as a political appointee. Lilly founded Avalon Advisors, the “largest privately owned wealth management firm in Texas,” according to Southwestern University.
Farzad serves as Managing Director for Global Public Affairs and as Director at FGS Global. During the first Trump administration, he served as the Arabian Peninsula and West Africa Lead at the U.S. Department of Energy, as Chief Speechwriter and Communications Advisor to the U.S. Embassy of the Holy See and as Public Affairs Specialist for the Bureau of Energy Resources at the U.S. Department of State. He was previously a Senior Communications Officer at the Pacific Council on International Policy.