It's deeply meaningful to me as the first Native American Cabinet Secretary to be here on the ancestral homelands...

I have sent an official recommendation to the president to restore the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument to the boundaries created by President Obama.

A ban on oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters will not reduce global oil and gas production.

I am so excited to welcome Secretary Deb Haaland to her first hearing since being confirmed as the 54th Secretary of the Interior and the first ever Native American to serve as a Cabinet Secretary.

the President has introduced.

the return of science as the foundation for decisionmaking, the focus on climate change, and maintaining healthy ecosystems, all through the lens of environmental justice.

I know that your experience can help us to move forward in this space.

I am especially eager to hear how your agency will support Tribal efforts to combat the growing threat caused by climate change.

Having been on this committee for the last 4 years, I can't really describe it in any other way except a certain level of disdain and discrediting of science.

we feel really good already at the story that the President's budget is telling on the importance of science in land management responsibilities.

In my view, Congress has a moral and a legal obligation to fulfill the promises made to Indian Country.

the President has laid out an ambitious agenda.