Senate Votes to Confirm Kornze To Lead Bureau of Land Management

摘要

The Senate voted 71-28 to confirm the nomination of Neil Kornze to lead the Bureau of Land Management, the Interior Department division charged with managing oil, gas and renewable energy development on more than 250 million acres of public land. Kornze, whose nomination was first announced by the White House in November, has worked in the BLM since 2011 and has led the agency since. March 1 as its principal deputy director.