Senate Republican opposes Bureau of Land Management nominee
Channel: indianz
Date: 2021-10-01

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) speaks in opposition to Tracy Stone-Manning to serve as director of the Bureau of Land Management.

Barrasso is the highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

Barrasso spoke on the U.S. Senate floor on September 30 . Despite his opposition, the chamber voted 50 to 45 to confirm Stone-Manning to the post, which oversees millions of acres of ancestral tribal territory and tribal treaty lands.

Video courtesy C-SPAN

Thumbnail photo courtesy National Wildlife Federation

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