The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.
He secured confirmation with significant bipartisan support and a 79-18 vote.
On Wednesday, senators voted by a 78–20 margin to close debate and move the nomination to a final vote.
Burgum appeared before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in mid-January, where he told lawmakers that national security issues and the economy were his top two priorities for leading the agency.
"When energy production is restricted in America, it doesn't reduce demand," Burgum said in his opening statement on Jan. 16. "It just shifts production to countries like Russia and Iran, whose autocratic leaders not only don't care at all about the environment, but they use their revenues from energy sales to fund wars against us and our allies."
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Senate confirms Doug Burgum to lead the Department of Interior
- by: Diana Stancy , Aubrie Spady
- 01.30.25
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Fox News
- 01/31/2025
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