Dozens Of Lawmakers Urge Biden To Pick Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary

Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to be his Interior Secretary ― and make some history in the process.

Haaland, the chair of House Natural Resources subcommittee with oversight authority for the Interior Department, made history in 2018 as one of just two Native American women ever elected to Congress.

If Biden tapped her for the Interior Secretary post, it would be the first time the country has ever had a Native American serve in any Cabinet position.

“By selecting her to be your Secretary of the Interior, you can make history by giving Native Americans a seat at the Cabinet table for the first time.”.

Don Young (R-Alaska), the ranking member on the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, which Haaland chairs, explicitly endorsed Haaland for Interior Secretary.

Haaland] would not only make history as the first Native American to serve in that role, but would pour her passion into the job every single day,” Young told reporter Julian Brave NoiseCat on Wednesday.

The Interior Department is responsible for managing the country’s natural resources and honoring the federal government’s commitments to Native American tribes, which it has failed to do time and time again.