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Secretary Burgum Testifies at the House Natural Resources Hearing on the Interior Department's FY2027 Budget Request, May 13, 2026

May 13, 2026 · House Natural Resources Committee Democrats · 4:41:51

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What happened

The House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in room 1324 of the Longworth House Office Building, titled ‘Examining the President’s FY 2027 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior,’ at which Secretary Doug Burgum testified, according to the committee’s published description. The administration sought $15.9 billion for the Interior Department, a 12.9 percent decrease from 2026 funding, as The Hill reported in its carry of the same hearing; the Hill, MS NOW, and Forbes Breaking News carries are recorded in this site’s index as alternate sources.

Why it matters

The House authorizing committee’s fiscal year 2027 hearing is the fullest single-day oversight record of Burgum’s second budget — nearly five hours in which the request, including its proposed cuts, was examined line by line.

Scoreboard watch

Scoreboard candidate: the fiscal year 2027 Interior request as reported at the hearing — $15.9 billion sought, a 12.9 percent decrease from 2026 funding, as The Hill reported — is a dated, checkable budget record. Flagged for the weekly editor; no entry is published from this page.

Sources: House Committee on Natural Resources, ‘Examining the President’s FY2027 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior,’ May 13, 2026 (full hearing as published by the committee’s Democrats, embedded above); The Hill, May 13, 2026, on the request figures.