Haaland confirmed as US Interior Secretary

摘要

THE US Senate voted this week to confirm Debra Haaland as Secretary of the US Department of the Interior, making the second-term New Mexico Representative the first Native American in US history to serve in a cabinet-level position. In her new position, Haaland will oversee an agency with an annual budget appropriation of around $15 billion and a broad remit that includes the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which administers offshore leases, and the oil and gas regulator Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Haaland acknowledged the significance of her nomination in February confirmation hearings before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. "This historic nature of my confirmation is not lost on me, but I will say it's not about me," she said.