With the stroke of a pen on Friday, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland dismantled a sizable chunk of her predecessors’ legacies, revoking a dozen Trump-era secretarial orders that sought to boost fossil fuel and other extraction on public lands and waters. The move is part of the Biden administration’s broader push […]
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Native Americans urge Deb Haaland to help tackle pollution in communities of color
As Native peoples and stewards of Mother Earth, we celebrate the recent confirmation of Interior Secretary Deb HaalandDeb Haaland Bald eagle population has quadrupled in last decade White House withdraws deputy Interior secretary amid reported pushback from Murkowski OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Obama marine monument […]
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is sure to enrage everyone. She should just embrace it.
The Department of the Interior has been nicknamed “the department of everything else.” Since so many secretaries have come from the American West, we Westerners understand where that nickname comes from. Try to think about all the agencies and bureaus contained within the Department of Interior, then grab a bottle […]
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland brings attention to unique Native garment
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Many noticed a unique piece of clothing when New Mexico‘s Deb Haaland’s swearing-in as Secretary of the Interior, a Native skirt specially made just for the day. A day full of firsts, mid-March former Representative Deb Haaland became the first-ever Native American in Cabinet. What made the moment […]
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Deb Haaland confirmed as first Native American cabinet secretary
Late Monday evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) for the role of Secretary of the Interior, making her the first Native American to head a cabinet agency in U.S. history. She was confirmed on a 51-40 vote, per The Washington Post. A voice like mine has […]
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Deb Haaland Confirmed as Interior Secretary in First for Native American
WASHINGTON—The Senate confirmed Rep. Deb Haaland as President Biden’s interior secretary Monday, in a vote that for the first time will make a Native American a White House cabinet secretary. The Senate voted to confirm Ms. Haaland on a 51-40 vote, largely along party lines. Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of […]
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Senator Calls Out Opposition To Deb Haaland: ‘A Woman Of Color Is Being Held To A Different Standard’
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) says biases drove Republican opposition to Rep. Deb Haaland’s (D-N.M.) confirmation as the 54th secretary of the Interior Department and that GOP colleagues are holding women of color to a different standard, an argument she will make in a speech Monday ahead of the vote. Haaland, a […]
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Interior Secretary Nominee Deb Haaland Clears Senate Committee
Interior Secretary nominee Rep. Deb Haaland moved one step closer to confirmation on Thursday, after a Senate committee voted to advance her nomination to the full chamber. One Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), joined Democrats in voting to move forward with Haaland’s nomination. […]
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Susan Collins Will Vote For Interior Secretary Nominee Deb Haaland
Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) will vote to confirm interior secretary nominee Deb Haaland, making her the first GOP senator to publicly support President Joe Biden’s historic pick for the job. “After examining Representative Deb Haaland’s qualifications, reviewing her hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and meeting with […]
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Not One Republican Asked Deb Haaland About Her Vision For Indian Country
In 2019, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) pressed a Trump administration Interior Department official about his history of ridiculing Native Americans over their religious beliefs regarding sacred lands. After downplaying his 2009 statement as one made “as a private attorney representing private clients,” William Perry Pendley, then-acting director of the Bureau […]
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Indigenous groups post billboards urging senators to confirm Deb Haaland
Indigenous groups are putting pressure on senators with billboards posted in multiple states urging them to confirm Rep. Deb HaalandDeb HaalandThe Memo: Biden faces first major setback as Tanden teeters OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Senate confirms former Michigan governor Granholm as Energy secretary | GOP bill would codify Trump rule on financing for fossil fuels, guns | Kennedy […]
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Deb Haaland Confirmation: Joe Manchin Says He’ll Support Her Confirmation as Interior Secretary
Senator Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) speaks to Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D., N.M.) during a hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., February 23, 2021. (Jim Watson/Reuters) Senator Joe Manchin (D., W. Va.) said Wednesday that he will support the confirmation of Representative Deb […]
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GOP Science Deniers Lecture Interior Secretary Nominee Deb Haaland On Science
Interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland on Wednesday wrapped up two days of Senate confirmation hearings in which Republicans seemed hellbent on casting her as anti-science ― a bizarre tactic given that she has no such record. But they do. Republican Sens. John Barrasso (Wyo.), Steve Daines (Mont.) and Bill Cassidy (La.) […]
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Deb Haaland Confirmation: Interior Nominee Sidesteps Question on Biden’s Keystone XL Order
Rep. Deb Haaland (D., N.M.) speaks during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 23, 2021. (Graeme Jennings/Reuters) Representative Deb Haaland (D., N.M.) on Tuesday would not say whether she agrees with President Biden’s […]
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Deb Haaland hearing is Indian Country’s Obama moment
This photo provided by Brandi Liberty shows Liberty holding a photo of her grandmother as a child at Liberty’s home in New Orleans on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Liberty is among Native Americans who will be closely watching the confirmation hearing for Deb Haaland, a New Mexico congresswoman who has […]
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Biden to nominate Rep. Deb Haaland to be first Native American Interior secretary, report
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to lead the Interior Department, according to The Washington Post. If confirmed by the Senate, Haaland would make history as the first Native American Cabinet secretary, and would oversee the agency responsible for the management and conservation of federal […]
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READ: Deb Haaland’s official statement on historic nomination to Interior secretary
Rep. Deb HaalandDebra HaalandOVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden reportedly taps former EPA head Gina McCarthy as domestic ‘climate czar’ | Biden reportedly to select Brenda Mallory to lead White House environmental council | Pelosi, Hoyer nod to support for Haaland for Interior Pelosi, Hoyer nod to support for Haaland as Biden weighs […]
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Biden Picks Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna tribe, a source familiar with the pick confirmed to HuffPost. In 2018, Haaland, 60, became one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress. If the Senate confirms her as head of the […]
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Nancy Pelosi Gives Biden Her Blessing To Pick Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) would make an “excellent choice” for interior secretary, giving her blessing to President-elect Joe Biden potentially plucking the Native American congresswoman from the House. There had been reports that Pelosi was opposed to losing another House Democrat to […]
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Deb Haaland Is Joe Biden’s ‘Leading Candidate’ For Interior Secretary
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) is the front-runner to be President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for interior secretary, a source familiar with the selection process tells HuffPost. “Haaland is the leading candidate,” said this source, confirming a Reuters report that came out earlier Tuesday. “She is great and has strong support.” The […]