Rep. Deb Haaland Fends Off Republican Attacks At Contentious Confirmation Hearing

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Source: huff post





POLITICS 02/23/2021 02:41 pm ET Updated 3 hours ago

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Haaland, 60, vowed to be “a fierce advocate for public lands” and consult all stakeholders to strike the right balance between natural resource development and conservation. She also said she’d “work my heart out for everyone,” including fossil fuel workers, ranchers, communities suffering from legacy pollution and “people of color whose stories deserve to be heard.”

“There’s no question that fossil energy does and will continue to play a major role in America for years to come,” Haaland said. “I know how important oil and gas revenues are to critical services. But we must also recognize that the energy industry is innovating, and our climate challenge must be addressed.”............

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), the committee’s ranking Republican, told Haaland he is “troubled by many of [her] views,” which he described as “squarely at odds with the responsible management” of public lands. He also questioned Haaland about one of Biden’s early executive orders on climate, which he falsely said “bans all new oil, coal, gas leases on federal lands.”

“He didn’t ban new leases,” Haaland responded. “He didn’t put a moratorium on new leases. It’s a pause to review the federal fossil fuel program.”

Experts told HuffPost last month that the temporary pause will not have a significant immediate impact on the industry, which stockpiled federal leases and permits to drill on public lands and waters toward the end of the Trump administration. ............................


Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/deb-haaland-confirmation-hearing-day-1-biden-interior_n_603542d3c5b673b19b6ba74a

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I do not think the repugs will vote for her no matter what she says.

[SheilaAnn]

1. I'm glad she did a bit of pushback on that. Good for her. n/t

[Evergreen Emerald]

2. The women of color are certainly treated differently

than the white males are treated at these hearings.

[dem4decades]

3. She should have crashed a car in LA, we might have seen it on the news.

[Bayard]

4. She, "threatens the American way of life."

That's rich!

She has a conscience, and her main duties will be protecting OUR lands, and managing Tribal business/treaty concerns. She's not going to kowtow to Big Oil, and their dying industry.

That makes her, "radical". And, well.......she's a woman, and a Native American!

[onetexan]

9. Rich of the gop to be hypocritical as usual

Teisting black to make white by lying thru their teeth to support their corrosive agemda.

[OhioTim]

5. If She Doesn't Get Confirmed

appoint her for two years as acting Secretary just like Donnie. That will put it to the ReThugs.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. I could be wrong (again!)

but I believe the "acting" title is only good for 270 days. The reason IQ45 was able to use it so much was that most everybody that was working for him couldn't stand to be there that long!

[Deep State Witch]

7. Well, the POC

Include the HHS nominee in that mess.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

8. K & R