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| https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-sharice-davids-congratulates-rep-deb-haaland-historic-nomination-secretary | Rep. Sharice Davids Congratulates Rep. Deb Haaland on Historic Nomination as Secretary of the Interior | 2020-12-17 | 2020 | 2020-12 | Democrat | House | KS | Sharice Davids | D000629 | davids.house.gov | legacy | Today, Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) issued the following statement on the historic nomination of Representative Deb Haaland (NM-01) as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Davids, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, and Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, were the first two Native American women ever elected to Congress in 2018. I want to congratulate my friend and sister Deb Haaland on her well-deserved and historic nomination for Secretary of the Interior. For the first time in our nation's history, a Native person will oversee an agency tasked with protecting our federal lands, including the millions of acres of Tribal land, and upholding the federal government's trust responsibilities to Tribes. I can think of no one more uniquely qualified and prepared to lead the Department of Interior and advise the President, particularly during a crisis that has disproportionately impacted and harmed Native communities. Deb has spent her career fighting for economic, social, and environmental justice. In Congress she has been a champion for our environment and a leader in the fight against climate change, experience that will serve our country well as we work to undo the destructive policies of the Trump Administration. She has been a fierce advocate and organizer in Indian Country for decades, maintaining a deep understanding of both the realities and challenges that Native communities face as well as the hope and potential they contain with improved federal resources, true consultation, and respect for tribal sovereignty. With this choice, President-Elect Joe Biden has re-affirmed his commitment to protecting our climate and natural resources, to standing with and listening to Indian Country, and to creating a Cabinet that truly reflects the diversity of our country. While I'll miss serving alongside Deb in the House, I'm very much looking forward to working with her at the Department of the Interior. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |