US Senate confirms Trump's pick to lead land bureau

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May 18, 2026 8:19 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, an arm of the Department of Interior, is seen on a sign in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, U.S., April 16, 2023. REUTERS/Nichola Groom/File Photo

May 18 (Reuters) - ‌The U.S. ​Senate ​voted on Monday to confirm Steve Pearce, a former ‌oilman and congressman from New Mexico, ⁠to lead the Bureau of Land ‌Management.

• Pearce was one ‌of 49 nominees for federal positions that were confirmed in one ​Senate bloc vote of 46-43.

• The BLM, a division of the ⁠Interior Department, manages more than a tenth of ​the nation's surface area.

• Pearce is the former owner of ​an oilfield services company ‌and supports President Donald Trump's goal to increase fossil ⁠fuel development on public lands.

• Democrats and conservation groups opposed Pearce's nomination ⁠in part because he has advocated for sales ​of federal lands to pay down the deficit.

• Oil and gas trade group ‌Western Energy Alliance praised Pearce's confirmation, calling him a champion ‌of multiple uses of public ⁠lands, including oil ‌and gas ​drilling and protecting landscapes.

(Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Cynthia ‌Osterman)


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