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The Senate voted on Wednesday for a margin of 78 to 20 years to advance the president Donald Trump’s Choose to lead the Interior Department, the former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum for a final confirmation vote.
Burgum appeared in front of the Senate Natural Resource Committee in January, where he told legislators that national security problems and economics were his two main priorities for directing the agency.
“When energy production is restricted to America, it does not reduce demand,” Burgum said in his initial statement on January 16. “It only transfers production to countries like Russia and Iran, whose autocratic leaders do not only care about the environment, but they use their sales revenue to fund wars against us and our allies.”
The former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum is sworn during an audience of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on his candidacy to be Secretary of the Interior, at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on 16th January 2025. (Saul reads)
Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, interrogated Burgum as to whether he would try to pierce the oil in the national parks if Trump was asked.
“As part of my jury duty, I will follow the law and follow the Constitution. And so you can count on this,” said Burgum. “And I have not heard of anything about President Trump, who wants to do anything but advance in energy production for the benefit of the North -American people.”
Senator Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, on the left, interrogated governor Doug Burgum, on the right, about whether he is planning to “drill, baby, drill”. (Getty’s pictures)
In addition, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Wedding if Burgum supported the credits for electric vehicles that may be in danger by Virtue of the Trump Administration.
“I support economics and markets,” said Burgum.
Burgum acted as North Dakota governor from 2016 to 2024. He also launched a presidential candidacy for the 2024 election in June 2023, where energy and natural resources served as key problems during his campaign.
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum served as North Dakota Governor from 2016 to 2024. (Mike Fresh/Reuters)
Burgum appeared during the first two Republican presidential debates, but did not qualify for the third and ended his campaign in December 2023. He then approved Trump for GOP candidacy a month later ahead of the Caucus de l ‘Iowa.
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Aubrie Spady, Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
