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Senate Confirms Burgum To Usher In America’s Golden Age Of Land Management

The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum to serve as the 55th secretary of the Department of the Interior.

The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum to serve as the 55th secretary of the Department of the Interior Thursday night with a vote of 79 to 18.

Burgum was recommended for confirmation by an 18-2 vote in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week. Democrat Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, were the only two members of the panel to oppose the nominee. Burgum will now succeed former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who held the job throughout the Biden administration after just one term in the House.