The Senate voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s characteristically radical pick to lead the Department of Interior Monday, New Mexico Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland.
One of the original co-sponsors of the Green New Deal in the House, which earned her the nickname “Green New Deal champion” by New York Democrat-socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the upper chamber voted to confirm Haaland 51-40 over Republican objections focused on the congresswoman’s activist animosity towards fossil fuels.
“Representative Haaland has a hostile record towards made in America energy, natural resource development, and wildlife and land management,” said Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines in a Monday statement, who placed a hold on Haaland’s confirmation to protest the nomination.
"Even the Obama administration determined the Keystone XL pipeline would have no significant impact on carbon dioxide emissions,” Heartland Institute President James Taylor said. “Rather than killing jobs for absolutely no environmental purpose, Joe Biden should allow the economical and environmentally friendly transport of North American oil through the Keystone XL pipeline.”
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GOP Reps Condemn Keystone Cancellation as Dems Stay Silent
President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline construction permit approved by his predecessor is drawing heavy fire from congressional Republicans.
“President Biden’s decision to rescind an essential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline puts thousands of present and future union jobs at risk and undermines the trust of our friends and allies in Canada who have invested billions of dollars into the completion of this vital pipeline,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) said in a joint statement with Reps. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.).