Senators to question CEQ, EPA, conservation nominees

By Kevin Bogardus, Marc Heller, Manuel Quiñones | 07/21/2025 06:31 AM EDT

The Senate will also confirm more of President Donald Trump’s judicial picks.

 Katherine Scarlett.

Katherine Scarlett. Council on Environmental Quality

The Senate is barreling forward with confirming as many administration and judicial nominees as it can before the upcoming August recess.

Numerous energy and environment picks are awaiting floor debate, and the Environment and Public Works Committee is looking to add more.

The panel will hold a hearing this week on Katherine Scarlett to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Jeffrey Hall for assistant EPA administrator to lead the enforcement office.

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Hall joined the agency earlier this year as the principal deputy assistant administrator in that office but is now listed as an adviser at EPA on his LinkedIn profile.

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