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Senate committee presses nominee Burgum on national monuments, housing and federal land use
Summary
During his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of the Interior, nominee Doug Burgum told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee he supports stronger local consultation on monument designations and called for land-exchange and multiple-use solutions to help western housing shortages.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee members questioned Doug Burgum on the Interior Department's handling of national monuments, local consultation, and how federal land could be used to ease housing shortages in Western states.
Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, opened the topic by saying expansions of monuments such as Bears Ears and Grand Staircase “exceeded the scope of the law and disregarded local input,” and asked Burgum to work with him “to try to fix that current mess.”
Why it matters: Nearly one-fifth of U.S. land falls under Interior jurisdiction and federal land management affects energy development, housing, recreation and tribal relations in Western…
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