Republicans and Democrats clash over criticism of Pres. Trump's nominee to take over the agency that manages the country's public lands in his confirmation hearing.
, involving California water issues, even though he worked for a client involved in the matter, because the issue as a whole was more broad.
"To attack the witnesses, this is why good people don’t want to serve this country,” he said, adding "private and public experience on one side of the aisle seem to be a benefit. Private and public experience on the other, seem to be a detriment." Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., questioned Bernhardt on what the department is doing to address sexual harassment in the National Park Service, citing"When I see what’s gone on in Grand Canyon National Park over the year it is atrocious, it sounds like a bunch of frat boys that can get away with an environment of toxicity and harassment and bullying," she said. "Unfortunately I know a little bit about going into an old-boy network.
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