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Secretary Burgum Testifies Before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the Interior Department's FY2027 Budget Request, Apr. 22, 2026

April 22, 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 2:06:10

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What happened

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, about the Department of the Interior’s fiscal year 2027 budget request, according to the Forbes Breaking News description of its full-hearing carry.

Why it matters

The Senate Appropriations hearing pairs with the House subcommittee hearing two days earlier to complete the congressional funding review of Burgum’s second budget — the Senate side of the department’s annual appropriations record.

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The fiscal year 2027 budget testimony is recorded here as the Secretary stated it, to be checked against the department’s enacted funding and subsequent record.

Sources: Senate Appropriations Committee, hearing on the Department of the Interior’s FY2027 budget request, April 22, 2026 (full hearing as carried by Forbes Breaking News, embedded above).