While the media has been largely focused on the nominations of Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, and RFK Jr., other nominees such as Lee Zeldin for EPA and now Doug Burgum for Interior Secretary, have sailed through the confirmation process.
Burgum was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday with bipartisan support.
Like Lee Zeldin at EPA, Burgum’s confirmation is key to advancing Trump’s domestic energy policy. Burgum will be an important ally and advocate.
The Hill reports:
Senate confirms Burgum as Interior secretary
The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Interior secretary Thursday in a 79-18 vote, with the majority of Senate Democrats joining every Republican in the chamber.
Burgum, a one-time candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination-turned-visible Trump campaign surrogate, has been among the president’s least controversial nominees. He advanced out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week in a nearly unanimous vote, with only Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) voting against the nomination.
Wyden, the mastermind of the renewable energy tax credits within the Inflation Reduction Act, cited President Trump’s opposition to the cuts in opposing both Burgum and Energy secretary nominee Chris Wright, who is also unlikely to face significant Senate opposition…
As Interior secretary, Burgum will oversee environmental policy and the nation’s public lands. Trump has vowed on the campaign trail and in his early actions as president to expand oil and gas development and roll back environmental protections enacted under the Biden administration.
Congratulations to Secretary Burgum.
— Senate Republicans (@SenateGOP) January 31, 2025
BREAKING: Doug Burgum has been confirmed as the Secretary of Interior pic.twitter.com/4vLD2xNqLG
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) January 30, 2025
CONFIRMED: Doug Burgum as the 55th Secretary of the Interior pic.twitter.com/2O4XksFKD6
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 30, 2025
The Trump team is coming together. Doug Burgum will do a great job in this role.
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