Deb Haaland

the funding for tribal courts is so extremely important when you are dealing with, you know, holistic, wraparound approaches

The previous administration had stopped all the work on a new 5-year plan in 2018.

President Biden has charged us all with an 'all of Government' approach to Indian Country.

I understand the issue. I understand what tribes are saying, and I respect tribal laws.

I want to just emphasize the sheer need and the importance of urgent and bold action.

So climate change and coastal challenges are real threats, and they also threaten significant cultural landmarks and heritage.

I appreciate your interest and the committee's interest in this issue.

In this time of climate change bearing down on us, indigenous knowledge about our natural world will be extremely valuable and important to all of us.

Tribes have been on this continent for millennia, for tens of thousands of years, and they know how to take care of our land.

Thank you for the opportunity to be here today and offer this testimony, and I look forward to our continued partnership, and I look forward to the conversation that we are going to have today.

I said many times that our public lands belong to every single American, and so we felt the need to include significant reforms that would benefit taxpayers.

Absolutely putting tribal consultation as a priority is something that we feel very committed to.

Reducing emissions from fossil fuel production has been an area of bipartisan agreement on this Subcommittee, and I hope that we can discuss that shared goal during today's hearing.

While many of my colleagues and I are passionate supporters of the administration, we will continue to push them to follow the science and use the tools at their disposal to reduce emissions from America's public lands and waters.

The stakes are just too high for the health of our planet and future generations for us to maintain the status quo.

For too long, the Gulf Coast has been treated as a sacrifice zone.

I strongly disagree with the Department's decision-making around this sale and found it particularly disappointing given the extensive commitments to addressing climate change that were made in Glasgow at the COP26 Climate Conference.

Increasing the ability of underserved communities to use our public lands is absolutely a critical focus of this Administration.

I wholeheartedly would support your decision to move ahead with any legislation, if that is what you choose to do.

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.

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

The work you have done on a bipartisan basis to support priorities... is integral to the ability of Interior to meet its mission.

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