Senate Committee Advances Interior Deputy MacGregor Nomination

April 9, 2025, 2:17 PM UTC

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday voted 14-6 to advance Katherine MacGregor’s nomination for deputy Interior secretary.

If confirmed, it would be MacGregor’s second stint as deputy Interior secretary, a role she served during the last year of the first Trump administration. She had previously been deputy chief of staff to then-Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.

Before joining Interior in 2017, MacGregor served under Republicans as a House Natural Resources Committee staffer.

After leaving the first Trump administration, she served as vice president of environmental services for NextEra Energy Inc. in Florida.

MacGregor, a supporter of expanded ...

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