Inside Interior | June 27, 2025

[Music] This is Inside Interior. President Trump took bold action to neutralize threats from Iran's nuclear program and successfully brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, protecting American lives and securing peace through strength. Secretary Bergam joined Fox Business to applaud the president's leadership and to emphasize the importance of the president's American energy dominance agenda, noting that every barrel of American oil and every cubic foot of natural gas produced here at home not only powers our economy. It weakens the leverage of authoritarian regimes who rely on energy coercion to lead. Also during the interview, he praised the one big beautiful bill's provisions to secure our border and grow our economy. It's really delivering on President Trump's promises, which is lower taxes, less regulation, uh, and a and a fast growing economy. Secretary Bergam joined President Trump, other cabinet members, and members of Congress at the White House to discuss how this groundbreaking and historic legislation will make life more affordable for the American people. This week, Interior announced new policy steps to speed up the search and development of critical minerals offshore. This will strengthen American leadership by cutting red tape and streamlining the approval process to ensure the responsible development of critical minerals. The secretary issued two new orders this week. One to strengthen partnerships with gateway communities near our national parks and another to support America's outdoor recreation industry. Interior also announced nearly $645 million in payment in lie of taxes program funding for 2025, helping rural counties and towns fund everything from public safety to infrastructure and education. The Trump administration is committed to empowering local communities and ensuring that the federal government is a strong partner, not an obstacle. The secretary visited New Mexico for the Western Governor's Association where he discussed the future of American energy and the importance of mining in America. When we have lowcost energy anywhere in the world in world history, the environment gets cleaner when there's more lowcost energy. People get healthier, uh, communities get safer, uh, education gets stronger. There's just a direct correlation. We have an exciting special edition of Inside Interior next week for the 4th of July. So, be sure to tune in.