Members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee castigated Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday over the administration’s budget request. Republicans came to his defense.
Maine independent Sen. Angus King, who caucuses with Democrats, waved Burgum’s two-page budget justification in the air, calling it an “insult to Congress.”
The White House released a “skinny budget” in recent weeks and followed up with some details at the end of May. More is forthcoming.
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“That’s not adequate to give us the data that we need in order to make oversight decisions, because we don’t know the details,” King said.
