"Zinke, Perry Take Heat Over Trump Budget"

"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Energy Secretary Rick Perry went to opposite sides of Capitol Hill on Tuesday to defend President Trump's proposals to slash their departments' budgets.

At Zinke's appearance before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, senators repeatedly told him the proposal to cut Interior by 11 percent wouldn't fly.

Committee Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told Zinke his budget is 'better than what we have seen in the last few years,' but that it's still not going anywhere on Capitol Hill. ...

At a House Appropriations Committee subpanel, much of the hearing on Perry's budget request centered on Trump's request for $120 million to restart the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site's licensing process."

Timothy Cama and Devin Henry report for The Hill July 20, 2017.
 
SEE ALSO:

"Perry Touts ‘24-7’ Power, Oil Pipelines as Key to Energy Security" (InsideClimate News)

"Zinke Defends Trump’s Sharp Cuts At Interior: ‘This Is What A Balanced Budget Looks Like.’" (Washington Post)

"Interior: Zinke Envisions Cutting 4,000 Full-Time Staff" (Greenwire)