07/22/2026 at 02:00PM
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a Business Meeting to consider the following item:
- PN806-5, Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of the Interior
EPW held a nomination hearing for Lilly on June 24.
Energy and Natural Resources held their nomination hearing for Lilly on June 23; Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined Republicans to report Kevin Lilly’s nomination favorably out of that committee on July 16.
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.