Assistant Secretary nominee Bryan Newland vows to ‘build back better’ after COVID-19
Bay Mills citizen comes directly from tribal government to Biden administration
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
• LIVE at 2:30PM Eastern: Nomination Hearing
Newland, a citizen of the Bay Mills Indian Community, goes before the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for his nomination hearing on Wednesday afternoon. He
prepared an opening statement as part of the confirmation process, highlighting his goals and priorities should he be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
“If confirmed, I will bring that perspective with me to the Department of the Interior. We must help Indian Country build back better after the pandemic,” Newland says in his written testimony. “We must also respond with urgency to the violence against Indigenous women and children. And we must lay the foundation for the next generation of Native children to succeed.”
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“The Biden administration will not turn a complete blind eye to things, and if the Halftown faction presses their luck, I believe they will get involved.”
Editor’s Note:
Almost three weeks after the hearings started, Deb Haaland has been confirmed by the Senate, becoming the first Indigenous U.S. Secretary of the Interior on Monday, March 15, 2021.
In Washington, the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings continue chugging along for a second day to consider Rep. Deb Haaland [D-NM] to become the next Secretary of the Interior a monumental decision, which may result in major repercussions for New York State and the ongoing Cayuga Nation leadership saga.