[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H3242-H3243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CONFIRM DAVID BERNHARDT

  (Mr. LAMBORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my strong support for the 
nomination of Mr. David Bernhardt as the next Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Mr. Bernhardt is uniquely prepared to ascend to this position after a 
career spent leading several of the Department's wings as chief of 
staff to the Secretary, as director of congressional and legislative 
affairs, and as a Senate-confirmed solicitor under President Bush. 
These positions encompass the policy, managerial, intergovernmental, 
and oversight roles any sitting Secretary needs to master.
  He is ready to hit the ground running as one of the most 
knowledgeable and upstanding Secretaries in the Department's history.
  As a Colorado native, Mr. Bernhardt has repeatedly demonstrated a 
capacity to translate his vast knowledge of water, public lands, and 
other Western resources into policies that work in our home State and 
throughout the West. He understands our issues, and I know

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he will continue to fight for what is best for Colorado and the whole 
country.

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