Print this article Congresswoman Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaks during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 23, 2021.
(Jim Watson/Pool via Reuters) Deb Haaland would be a cheerleader for Biden’s early anti-energy policies.
This week, President Biden’s nominee for secretary of the Interior, New Mexico congresswoman Deb Haaland, is up for confirmation in the Senate. Haaland, a self-described “progressive,” and a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, would, if confirmed, become the first Native American to head Interior. The Department manages approximately 500 million acres of surface land, or about one-fifth of the land in the United States. The agency’s work is of interest to all Americans because it oversees more than 400 National Parks, from Yellowstone to White Sands. However, the department is of particular importance to Westerners, as more than 90 percent of the lands it m