<p>On Thursday, the GOP-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> confirmed former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-dakota" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Dakota</a> Governor and businessman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/doug-burgum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Doug Burgum</a> to become Interior secretary, a big step forward for President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s &#8220;energy dominance&#8221; agenda.</p>
<p>The final vote was 79-18, with many Democrat members joining with their Republican colleagues in supporting Burgum&#8217;s nomination to the Cabinet role in Trump&#8217;s second term. Another three senators did not vote.</p>
<p>On X, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said he looked forward to working with Burgum to &#8220;protect our public lands and leverage some of America’s greatest assets for a safer, more prosperous future.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Governor Burgum knows that America’s natural resources are our greatest national asset.</p>
<p>I look forward to working with him to protect our public lands and leverage some of America’s greatest assets for a safer, more prosperous future. <a href="https://t.co/wdQWN13hqi">pic.twitter.com/wdQWN13hqi</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Leader John Thune (@LeaderJohnThune) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderJohnThune/status/1885065469641547987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Burgum ran for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2024 race, but dropped out and endorsed Trump. He was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hes-decided-on-a-running-mate-expects-this-person-to-attend-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> a finalist to become Trump&#8217;s running mate before now-Vice President JD Vance got the nod.</p>
<p>In November, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-picks-burgum-for-secretary-of-interior" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that he picked Burgum to lead the Department of Interior, which manages public lands and deals with Native American relations, as well as a new National Energy Council.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨 STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP: <a href="https://t.co/F0M9AQa5yB">pic.twitter.com/F0M9AQa5yB</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1857517744071258534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Doug Burgum will protect our Nation’s Natural Resources, restore our fabulous Oil and Gas advantage, and Make America, and its Energy, Dominant and Great Again!&#8221; Trump said in a statement.</p>
<p>In his confirmation hearing for Interior, Burgum <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1879918653526987023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> about Trump&#8217;s &#8220;energy dominance&#8221; vision. He <a href="https://x.com/i/status/1879938205853569190" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that shutting down U.S. energy production to help the global environment was a &#8220;false tradeoff.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum on how he would help to make President-elect Trump&#39;s vision of American energy dominance come to fruition. <a href="https://t.co/FtDPITYafu">pic.twitter.com/FtDPITYafu</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1879938205853569190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Burgum advanced out of committee by an <a href="https://x.com/environment/status/1882444311200948455" target="_blank" rel="noopener">18-2 vote</a>. His final confirmation vote was very bipartisan, but it fell short of the unanimous show of support that Secretary of State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marco-rubio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marco Rubio</a> received.</p>
<p>CIA Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-ratcliffe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Ratcliffe</a>, Defense Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pete-hegseth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pete Hegseth</a>, DHS Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kristi-noem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kristi Noem</a>, Treasury Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-confirms-trumps-pick-for-treasury-secretary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scott Bessent</a>, Transportation Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-confirms-sean-duffy-as-trumps-transportation-secretary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sean Duffy</a>, and EPA head <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-confirms-lee-zeldin-to-be-trumps-epa-administrator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lee Zeldin</a> have also been confirmed.</p>
<p>Other nominees are still working their way through the Senate. Democrats have sought to impede the confirmation process, such as forcing procedural votes, an effort that has earned stern rebukes from the GOP.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">By Jan. 30th, Obama had 22 members of his admin confirmed, 19 of which were expedited votes.</p>
<p>As of this morning, Trump has 7 confirmed, &amp; today, Democrats are delaying yet another confirmation vote.</p>
<p>I’ve got news for Dems: late nights and long hours won’t stop us. We WILL…</p>
<p>&mdash; Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRickScott/status/1885040861328597162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Among the next Cabinet picks <a href="https://x.com/SenatePPG/status/1884999937265451106" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poised</a> to get a confirmation vote is Christopher Wright, Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-taps-pioneer-chris-wright-to-lead-energy-department" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nominee</a> to lead the Department of Energy. Wright was also chosen to serve as a member of the National Energy Council.</p>
<p>&#8220;This team will drive U.S. Energy Dominance, which will drive down Inflation, win the A.I. arms race with China (and others), and expand American Diplomatic Power to end Wars all across the World,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-taps-pioneer-chris-wright-to-lead-energy-department" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.</p>

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