The former North Dakota governor told senators at his confirmation hearing that he saw limits on energy production as a national security threat.

Burgum made it clear he’s on board with President-elect Donald Trump’s pledges to spur domestic energy and gas production. Speaking to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Burgum said the “American people have clearly placed their confidence in President Trump to achieve energy dominance.”

It’s unclear just how much of an effort Trump will invest in renaming the Gulf of Mexico, but a related question hangs overhead: Is this even possible?

In his confirmation hearing Thursday, Donald Trump’s pick for Interior secretary, Doug ... Gulf of Maine, which King said was critical to his state’s and New England’s energy future, Burgum ...

President-elect Trump’s nominee for Interior secretary, sat for a largely cordial hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on

We also contacted representatives for Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior, former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, to ask if he would pursue renaming the Gulf of Mexico. We have not ...

Following Trump's inauguration on Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order on winter weather in the state that already refers to the Gulf as the "Gulf of America."