The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted Thursday, Jan. 23, 18-2 to recommend the Republican’s appointment as the head of the Department of the Interior. The full Senate is expected to approve Burgum’s nomination in the coming days.

President Trump’s three nominees to lead energy and environmental agencies and carry out his strategy for “energy dominance” have cleared Senate committees. That includes former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted 18-2 to recommend Former Governor Doug Burgum for the Secretary of the Department of the Interior position in the Trump administration.

The former North Dakota governor told senators at his confirmation hearing that he saw limits on energy production as a national security threat.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's nomination to lead a presidential Cabinet was advanced by a U.S. Senate committee on Thursday.

Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Secretary of the Interior, is set to face his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. Trump nominated the former North Dakota ...

Doug Burgum, Kristi Noem, and Sean Duffy—are among President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Their potential appointments could significantly influence Minnesota and neighboring states.

If confirmed as secretary of the interior, Doug Burgum would become a key player in implementing one of the Trump administration's overarching goals: "Drill, baby, drill." The Department of the Interior manages roughly one-fifth of the lands and waters of ...

Burgum said the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources to promote world peace and lower costs.

The president-elect is going to war over turbines. At a hearing Thursday, the nominee for Interior secretary said he would pursue an “all of the above

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday, seeking confirmation as the secretary of the interior.

Former President Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to head the Interior Department. Some things to know about the two-term Republican governor of a sparsely populated state: Burgum, 68, grew up in tiny Arthur, North Dakota. Arthur's population is 328.