FILE – In this April 6, 2021, file photo, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland listens to tribal leaders and jots down notes during a round-table discussion at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, N.M. Secretary Haaland will visit Utah this week before submitting a review on national monuments in […]
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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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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: White House pulls deputy Interior secretary amid reported pushback | Fed to form committee focused on climate risks to financial system | Democratic senators call on Biden to sanction Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2
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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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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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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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Interior Secretary Nominee on Collision Course With Oil Industry
WASHINGTON— Deb Haaland is poised to make history on two fronts, as both the first Native American cabinet secretary and as the architect of what could be a landmark change in the U.S. government’s relationship with oil. First, she will need to be confirmed by the Senate as President Biden’s […]
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Push to keep BLM headquarters here to focus on Interior secretary nominee | News
Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation and local economic boosters plan to work on changing the mind of Interior secretary nominee Deb Haaland and persuade her of the value of the Bureau of Land Management’s relocation of its headquarters to Grand Junction. U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo.; U.S. […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden recommits US to Paris climate accord | Biden nixes Keystone XL permit, halts Arctic refuge leasing | Interior secretary rescinds wilderness protection order before leaving office
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Biden rolls out group of deputy secretary nominees
President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenFear of insider attack prompts additional FBI screening of National Guard troops: AP Iran convicts American businessman on spying charge: report DC, state capitals see few issues, heavy security amid protest worries MORE on Monday announced a slate of nominees to serve as deputy secretaries across his […]
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Washington Monument closes after Interior secretary tests positive for COVID-19
The Washington Monument has temporarily closed after Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who gave appointees a tour of the monument, tested positive for the coronavirus. Interior spokesperson Nicholas Goodwin confirmed to The Hill that Bernhardt gave a “small group of appointees” a tour of the monument this week. “As we do […]
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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 to pick Rep. Haaland as interior secretary
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, according to two people familiar with the decision, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for generations. Tribal […]
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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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Asian lawmakers set sights on Biden’s Labor secretary pick
Asian American lawmakers are focusing their lobbying efforts on President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenDeVos urges Education Dept. staff to ‘resist’ when Biden takes office LGBTQ groups celebrate Buttigieg pick for Transportation secretary Biden administration needs bipartisan solutions for older Americans, lawmakers say MORE‘s pick to lead the Labor Department as they […]