U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum joined U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan in a stop Monday at Lackawanna College in Scranton. They were visiting key educational and historical energy development sites in Pennsylvania to highlight the Trump administration’s American Energy Dominance Agenda; Burgum is chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council. The visits emphasized workforce development, energy innovation and the nation’s rich history of industrial and energy leadership. Lackawanna College operates a School of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visits Lackwanna College students in the ABB Robotics training facility in Scranton.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum talks with Karim Vasquero, student with Lackwanna College’s Robotics and Automation program, in the ABB Robotics training facility in Scranton.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum talks with Lackawanna College students in the ABB Robotics training facility in Scranton. Joining Burgum are U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser and U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan.
Lackawanna College Robotics and Automation student Karim Vasquero, far left, talks with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser and U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan in the ABB Robotics training facility in Scranton Monday, April 13, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)