Governor Doug Burgum
Appearances
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
Our nation's progress. And so I agree with you clearly. And you mentioned the New York Times. If that article was someplace else, but the fact that the New York Times wrote that article, I found to also be remarkable admission of at least one case where there was the abuse of the Endangered Species Act relative to its intended use. So yes, you can count.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
Well, I would just say on this idea that what I'll call America's balance sheet is something that the Trump administration has quite a bit of enthusiasm in discussions with Treasury nominee Scott Besant, Commerce nominee Howard Lutnick. And even Speaker Mike Johnson called me a few weeks ago and said, hey, what's this American balance sheet idea?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
I mean, I think for our standing in the world, for us to talk nonstop about what our liabilities are,
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
hundreds of millions of offshore subsurface out of leasing. And that's viewed as a costless event. At least we could have the trade off and say, yes, some people thought it was important to take that off of the table. But what did it mean for the American people? Did we just take trillions of dollars of future revenue out of the pockets of our future generations?
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
And so I think, again, creating a financial understanding that is where we can have an honest discussion about some of these executive actions that are happening at the end of this term, for example, would be useful for all Americans.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
Absolutely, Senator Heinrich. I think that... Again, super sound principle there, which is to do the work to keep it off of any kind of federal designation, working collaboratively with the states. I had the pleasure of working with our Game and Fish Commissioner, Terry Steinwand, for six of my eight years as governor. He had almost a 40-year career in wildlife management.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Confirmation Continuum: Day 3
It's people like that that I know and respect across all the states. I know you've got them in New Mexico. I know we've got them in Utah. I mean, the people that work in game and fish at the state level that are working on these things, I haven't met somebody from the Fed.