BREAKING: Sen. Wyden Calls for Delay of David Bernhardt Committee Vote...
Washington Post: “Interior watchdog reviewing allegations that acting secretary violated Trump ethics pledge” Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) today called on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee...
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Western Values Project Statement on Committee Vote to Confirm Conflicted Ex-Lobbyist Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 14-6 to move controversial Acting Interior Secretary...
View ArticleHeinrich Sides With Trump in Voting to Confirm Swamp-Creature Nominee to...
Bernhardt is Trump’s Most Conflicted Cabinet Nominee Senator Martin Heinrich sided with President Trump in voting for conflict-ridden Interior Secretary nominee and ex-lobbyist David Bernhardt....
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Six-Figure Ad Campaign Launched Telling Senator Heinrich to Reject Trump’s...
Ex-Lobbyist David Bernhardt Has Handed Over Millions of Acres of Public Lands to Extractive Industries; Heinrich Voted For Conflict Nominee in Committee Conservation group Western Values Project Action...
View ArticleSenate Confirms Trump’s Most Conflict-Ridden Cabinet Nominee to Manage...
Statement on Former Mega-Lobbyist David Bernhardt Becoming Interior Secretary After the U.S. Senate voted 56-41 to confirm Trump’s most conflict-ridden cabinet nominee, former mega-lobbyist David...
View ArticleGroup Sues Interior Secretary Bernhardt’s Former Client for Public Documents
Westlands Water District, Subject of Calls for Numerous Investigations, Has Failed to Hand Over Documents Requested Nearly Two Years Ago, Benefited from Favorable Decision by Bernhardt Western Values...
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Records Show Bernhardt Selectively Recused From Sage Grouse Meeting with...
New Revelation Comes as Inspector General Launches Investigation into Bernhardt It was reported in the Casper Star-Tribune that Interior Secretary David Bernhardt had recused himself from a ‘high...
View ArticleInterior Secretary David Bernhardt Hides From the Public and Press During...
Admission that Interior Secretary is for the corporate lobbyists and special interests, not for the American people and the country’s public lands Ex-oil lobbyist and “ultimate D.C. swamp creature”...
View ArticleGroup Sues Another Former Bernhardt Client For Failing to Disclose Public...
Bernhardt’s former client, Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, Benefited From Favorable Interior Decision Western Values Project (WVP) filed suit in North Dakota District Court against another...
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MEMO: Interior Solicitor Nominee Daniel Jorjani
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Acting Interior Solicitor Daniel Jorjani, President Trump’s nominee to become the department’s...
View ArticleHearing Confirms: Interior Solicitor Nominee is Just Another Revolving-Door...
Former Koch oil network operative is unfit for Interior’s chief legal position The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on Trump’s Interior Solicitor nominee Daniel...
View ArticleInterior Secretary Bernhardt Defends the Indefensible at Budget Hearing
Trump Administration Proposal Slashes Public Lands and Parks Budget by 14 Percent At the House Appropriations Fiscal Year 2020 budget hearings, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt defended the Trump...
View ArticleGroup Calls Out Bernhardt’s Web of Lies Ahead of Hearing
New Ad Highlights Bernhardt’s Obfuscation as Conflict of Interest Questions Swirl Western Values Project released a new ad highlighting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s series of lies to Congress...
View ArticleMemo: Did Interior Secretary Bernhardt Lie to Congress?
Western Values Project’s analysis (view here) of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s answers to questions for the record shows that the ex-oil lobbyist has spun a web of lies regarding his actions at...
View ArticleStatement: Bernhardt Doubles Down on Deception at Congressional Hearing
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt doubled down on his deception and lies during Congressional testimony today, where he failed to clarify his ethically dubious and potentially illegal involvement in...
View ArticleKoch Alum Advances Out of Senate Committee For Key Legal Post
Senate Committee Sides with Special Interests Over Public Lands by Affirming Interior Solicitor Nominee The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 11-9 along party lines today to confirm...
View ArticleInterior Secretary Bernhardt Blames Others For Department’s Failure to Follow...
Breaking Story Based on WVP FOIAs Reveals Interior Political Appointees Restricting Public Documents Interior Secretary David Bernhardt failed to give a clear answer on questions from Senate committee...
View ArticleAnother Lobbyist Nominated by Trump for Key Interior Post
Full Profile of Assistant Interior Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks Nominee Gregory ‘Robert’ Wallace available at www.departmentofInfluence.org Western Values Project released a full profile on...
View ArticleDisgraced Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Is Still A Delusional Dilettante
As Zinke Mulls His Future, His Ineptness Shines Through, As It Always Has Whitefish, MT – Yesterday, The Houston Chronicle reported that former Secretary of the Interior and perpetually...
View ArticleAccording to Trump “The Great Outdoors Month” Means Largest Reduction of...
Trump and Bernhardt Have Ushered in Historic Reductions to Public Land Protections and Considering More Whitefish, MT. – Conflict-ridden Secretary Bernhardt released a statement commending President...
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