
Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum will make a foreign policy pitch for expanded U.S. production when he appears Thursday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Why it matters: If confirmed, the former North Dakota governor will oversee oil and gas leasing decisions on vast swaths of federal lands and waters. • He's also slated to run a new National Energy Council with a portfolio extending beyond Interior's role. Driving the news: "When energy production is restricted in America, it doesn't reduce demand, it just shifts production to countries...