Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., grilled Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland Thursday on allegations that her department allows environmental groups inappropriate levels of influence over policies.
Haaland had come to testify at a fiscal year 2025 budget request hearing of the Senate Natural Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
In the course of the tense exchange, Hawley asked Haaland about the Wilderness Society, which he said was a “left-wing environmentalist pressure group” funded in large part by Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, “who has routed his money through all manner of dark money groups.”
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