Hearing: Oversight hearing titled “Examining the President's FY 2027 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior.”

Committee on Natural Resources

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 (10:00 AM)

1324 LHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

The Honorable Doug Burgum
Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior

  • Testimony [PDF] Added 05/13/2026 at 06:20 PM
  • Disclosure Form [PDF] Added 05/13/2026 at 06:20 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 05/13/2026 at 06:20 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing Memo [PDF] Added 05/12/2026 at 05:07 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR -- EIA U.S. battery capacity increased 66% in 2024 03.12.25 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Chairman Westerman FTR -- Research Paper The Battery Storage Delusion Utility-Scale Batteries Are No Silver Bullet 12.03.25 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Ansari FTR -- FY27 WaterSMART Budget Stakeholder Letter 01.16.26 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Dexter FTR -- WAPO article Correspondents’ dinner lacked highest security level despite presence of top officials 04.26.26 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Dingell FTR -- WSJ article Trump Delays Move to Lower Tariffs on Beef Imports 05.11.26 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Gosar FTR -- Letter to Senate Appropriators RE Hualapai Water Settlement 04.22.26 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Grijalva FTR -- AZ Luminaria Tohono O’odham Community College thriving as it tries to weather proposed deep cuts to tribal college funding 06.20.25 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Grijalva FTR -- Grist article How the Trump administration is putting hundreds of sacred sites at risk 05.29.25 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Grijalva FTR -- ND Monitor artcile Federal cuts would be ‘death knell’ for North Dakota tribal colleges, campus presidents say 05.12.26 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Ranking Member Huffman FTR -- Ember article titled Chinese Energy Trends May 2026 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Randall FTR -- NYT article Reflecting Pool Repairs Appear Uneven and Behind Schedule, Officials Say 05.12.26 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Randall FTR -- NYT article Reflecting Pool Repairs to Cost $13.1 Million. Trump Had Promised $1.8 Million. 05.11.26 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Rivas FTR -- DOI IG Report 09.09.08 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Rivas FTR -- Santa Barbara News-Press article Two people suffer minor injuries in Carpinteria natural gas rig fire 05.11.26 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Stansbury FTR -- IMF Report From Abundance to Thirst Dec 2022 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Stauber FTR -- NBC News article DC's not-so-reflecting pool is full of algae after $34 million renovation 09.26.12 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Stauber FTR -- Politico article Trump’s reflecting pool spruce-up fails to charm preservationists 04.28.26 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Stauber FTR -- Report The challenges of success Future wolf conservation and management in the U.S. 08.16.23 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Begich FTR -- FY23 NPS budget justification [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Stauber FTR -- AZ and NV Gov Ltr to Gov Newsom 09.10.24 [PDF] Added 08/17/2026 at 05:20 PM
  • Rep. Stauber FTR -- DC Fox5 Annual Scrubbing of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool underway 03.03.23 [PDF] Added 08/18/2026 at 10:15 AM
  • Rep. Bentz FTR -- PBS News What's in the billion-dollar paragraph behind the WH ballroom debate 05.13.26 [PDF] Added 08/18/2026 at 12:18 PM
  • Ranking Member Huffman FTR -- SEIA The Energy Storage Market Outlook Report 03.12.26 [PDF] Added 08/18/2026 at 05:52 PM
  • Rep. Stansbury FTR -- NOAA FY27 Budget Estimates [PDF] Added 08/18/2026 at 05:52 PM
  • Rep. Stansbury FTR -- FWS FY 27 Budget [PDF] Added 08/18/2026 at 05:52 PM
  • Rep. Stansbury FTR -- DOI Budget in Brief FY 27 [PDF] Added 08/18/2026 at 05:52 PM
  • Rep. Rivas FTR -- Report to the President from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling January 2011 [PDF ] Added 08/18/2026 at 05:52 PM
  • Rep. Grijalva FTR -- AP article Tribal leaders say Trump administration failed to consult with them on Education Department changes 11.20.25 [PDF] Added 08/18/2026 at 05:52 PM
  • Rep. Rivas FTR -- FR Notice O&G and Sulfur Operations in the OCS Revisions to the 2023 BPS and Well Control Rule [PDF] Added 08/18/2026 at 05:52 PM
  • Rep. Dexter FTR -- The WH Announces WH Ballroom Construction to Begin 07.31.25 [PDF] Added 08/18/2026 at 05:52 PM

First Published: May 4, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Last Updated: August 18, 2026 at 05:52 PM