Sen. Steve Daines is backing away from his earlier commitment to confirm President Trump's divisive nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management. A spokeswoman for the Montana Republican, Katie Schoettler, confirmed to E&E News this morning that the senator "has not made a final decision" on whether to support William Perry Pendley, who is serving as the agency's de facto acting director. Schoettler said Daines "will have some very tough questions" for Pendley if and when he appears before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, adding that "Steve is adamantly opposed to the sale or transfer of public lands."
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机译：Sen. Steve Daines从他之前的致力于确认总统特朗普的分裂被提名人领导土地管理局。蒙大拿共和党的发言人Katie Schoetler今天上午确认了E＆E新闻，参议员“没有决定”是否支持William Perry Pendley，他们是代理机构的事实上的代理董事。 Schoettler表示，如果他出现在参议院能源和自然资源委员会之前，戴恩斯“将对Pendle有一些非常棘手的问题”，并在参议院能源和自然资源委员会之前，并补充说“史蒂夫坚持不懈地反对公共土地。”
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