Doug Burgum quotes

As printed Jun 14

“negative about either past or living Americans or that fail to emphasize the beauty, grandeur, and abundance of landscapes and other natural features.” The order following one by President Donald Trump on “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”

on new criteria for flagging negative content in national park displays

ABC News: Politics A Trump order asked national park visitors to flag 'negative' historical info. They had other ideas ›

As printed Jul 10

“Drain the water. Clean up the fireworks stuff. Repair the vandalism that was done. Fill it back up again,”

BBC News Ex-Olympian pleads not guilty to Reflecting Pool vandalism charges ›

As printed Jul 6

“Thankfully, the vandalism was small. It was bad. I mean, it could cost tens of thousands of dollars to repair, so then it could fall into a felony ... just like damaging any other government property could. But the job that was done to fix the Reflecting Pool was done extremely well.”

on repair costs and possible felony charges for vandalism at the Reflecting Pool

PBS News Hour - Politics Trump's administration won't seek new bids to repair the Reflecting Pool ›

As printed Aug 8

“Americans deserve an energy system built on common sense, not one dependent on costly subsidies or technologies that can't meet our country's current demand.”

on paying $1.2 billion to cancel offshore wind projects

Reason.com Trump Administration Will Pay $1.2 Billion To Cancel More Offshore Wind Projects, Calling It 'Common Sense' ›

As printed Aug 1

“The Department has a responsibility to ensure the Colorado River system remains reliable and resilient for the millions of Americans, communities and industries that depend on it,”

on proposed cuts to Colorado River water use for Arizona, California and Nevada

Al Jazeera US proposes cuts to Colorado River use for Arizona, California and Nevada ›

As printed Jul 19

“Success should be measured by species recovery and delisting, not by adding more species to the list,”

Associated Press US nixes protections for imperiled species ›

As printed Jul 19

“to stop almost any new project in America, driving up costs for families, weakening our competitiveness, and undermining our national security.”

on rolling back automatic species protections that critics warn risk extinctions

PBS NewsHour U.S. cancels automatic protections for imperiled animals as critics warn of extinctions ›

As printed Jun 13

“we’re producing and exporting more oil than we ever have.”

on record US oil production and exports as gas prices fall

Breitbart News Burgum: We’re Going to See Gas Prices 'Continue to Drop Across the Country' ›

As printed Jul 31

“foreign adversaries to exploit these fears and undermine our technological development,”

on foreign adversaries exploiting fears to slow US AI progress

CounterPunch Whose AI? Whose Opposition? ›

As printed Jul 31

“some of this propaganda is being effective”

on anti-AI propaganda gaining traction

CounterPunch Whose AI? Whose Opposition? ›

As printed Jun 17

“positive that we followed all of the required bidding rules.”

on the Reflecting Pool renovation following required government bidding rules

NBC News Politics Trump wanted the Reflecting Pool to be ‘American flag blue.’ Algae are turning it green. ›

As printed Aug 4

“Some of these acts were even caught on camera. We also provided the U.S. Attorney's office expert and eyewitness testimony to the damage done by vandals and provided every piece of evidence they asked for in the requested time line detailing each area of damage at the pool,”

on evidence given to prosecutors after Reflecting Pool vandalism charges were dropped

CBS News More Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool charges dropped by Pirro's office ›

As printed Aug 2

“also provided the U.S. Attorney’s office expert and eyewitness testimony to the damage done by vandals and provided every piece of evidence they asked for in the requested time line detailing each area of damage at the pool.”

NBC News Trump rebukes Jeanine Pirro over decision to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism case ›

On the claim ledger Aug 2 Open

“We also provided the U.S. Attorney's office expert and eyewitness testimony to the damage done by vandals and provided every piece of evidence they asked for in the requested time line detailing each area of damage at the pool”

Associated Press Prosecutors drop the Reflecting Pool case after finding the liner was already failing, and Trump says he disagrees 100% with his own U.S. attorney ›

As printed Jul 6

“You can be a former governor, you can be a former this, you can be a former that, but just because you were a former something doesn’t exclude you from the law today,”

NBC News Politics Interior secretary says administration will use the same company to repair Reflecting Pool ›

As printed Jun 15

“What we were left, like virtually every Cabinet agency, was a complete mess from the Biden administration,”

Latest Political News on Fox News Biden-appointed judge orders Trump to restore slavery, climate change references at national parks ›

As printed Aug 3

“I’m not sure why you and others in the media think that you want to keep trying to question whether or not … this is an industrial liner.”

CNN Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle takes a predictably scandalous turn ›

As printed Aug 3

“The evidence is clear, vandals have repeatedly caused damage to the Reflecting Pool. Some of these acts were even caught on camera,”

NBC News ›

As printed Jul 12

“Repair the vandalism that was done. Fill it back up again.”

on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool being drained for repairs after vandalism

Latest Political News on Fox News Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool drained again as Trump administration resumes repairs ›

As printed Jul 5

“From rehabilitating and installing historic memorials, statues and fountains to removing hundreds of instances of graffiti and cleaning up crime on our streets, this administration is proving that American greatness is built through action.”

Latest Political News on Fox News Top Trump official touts how DC makeover is proof America is rejecting 'decline by choice' ›

As printed Jul 5

“While others accept decline, President Trump and the Department of the Interior are restoring the heart of our nation's capital,”

Latest Political News on Fox News Top Trump official touts how DC makeover is proof America is rejecting 'decline by choice' ›

As printed Jun 27

“D.C. is like a state, and it’s not just the National Mall,”

Politics | The Atlantic ‘Rush Project at Request of POTUS’ ›

As printed Jun 14

“solemn and uplifting public monuments that remind Americans of our extraordinary heritage, consistent progress toward becoming a more perfect Union, and unmatched record of advancing liberty, prosperity, and human flourishing.”

ABC News: Politics A Trump order asked national park visitors to flag 'negative' historical info. They had other ideas ›

As printed Mar 28

“[Secretary of Energy Chris Wright] and I have both had a chance to be there. I literally think they’re going to put up a statue of President Trump. And it’s not a political statement. It’s an actual thing,”

on praise for Trump during a meeting about energy and gas prices

Atlanta Black Star ‘Did He Really Say That?’: Donald Trump Derails His Own Meeting, Lets It Slip What Matters More Than Soaring Gas Prices, Viewers Are Outraged ›

As printed Jul 8

“There were people literally trying to destroy part of a monument. The Reflecting Pool is not just a pool on the Mall; it is part of the Lincoln Memorial.”

Daily Wire ›

As printed Jul 8

“What they stand for is nothing that I could possibly agree with, but one of the foundational principles of the United States, which makes democracy messy, is free speech,”

on defending free speech for a white nationalist march he refused to condemn

MSNBC Eugene Daniels: ‘Not surprised’ by Cabinet official’s refusal to condemn white nationalist march ›

As printed Jul 10

“But one of the foundational principles of the United States, which makes democracy messy, is free speech.”

The Forward ›

As printed Jul 6

“I mean, we're a country where someone can run and be elected saying that they're a communist, but yet this is what our nation has stood against and fought for.”

MSNBC Trump Cabinet official defends white nationalist July 4 march: ‘Free speech’ ›

As printed Jul 6

“Part of my response to that is that there are protests on the mall that people say things that I think are reprehensible about President Trump, and yet they're allowed to go on because of free speech in our country”

on free speech protecting anti-Trump demonstrations as well as white nationalist speech

MSNBC Trump Cabinet official defends white nationalist July 4 march: ‘Free speech’ ›

As printed Jul 11

“For years, federal agencies abused the ESA to obstruct lawful land use and burden American families and businesses,”

Latest Political News on Fox News Trump admin scraps ‘weaponized’ wildlife rule that became 'burden' on American families and businesses: Burgum ›

As printed Jul 9

“The real scandal is about the fact that the state of our capital was in such total disrepair.”

Daily Wire ›

As printed Jul 7

“The only way you can end up with actual slices in one spot and not the other is that someone physically cut it … it would never just like peel off or fall off.”

Daily Wire ›

As printed Jun 25

“This collaboration brings together the scientific expertise of the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the ingenuity of the private sector to develop new tools that can help recover species, preserve critical genetic resources, and strengthen the future of wildlife conservation,”

on new government-private partnership to preserve endangered species genetics

WIRED Colossal and the US Government Are Creating an Endangered Species ‘BioVault’ ›