{"id":188396,"date":"2021-03-03T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188396"},"modified":"2021-03-03T13:01:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:01:42","slug":"sen-collins-says-shell-vote-to-confirm-bidens-interior-secretary-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-collins-says-shell-vote-to-confirm-bidens-interior-secretary-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Collins Says She\u2019ll Vote to Confirm Biden\u2019s Interior Secretary Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-collins-says-shell-vote-to-confirm-bidens-interior-secretary-pick%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188396&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Wednesday she will support President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee for interior secretary, making Collins the first Republican senator to back the candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Collins <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigCaplan\/status\/1367097187675602945?s=20\">said in a statement<\/a> that she would support Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to lead the agency, saying, \u201cHaaland promised to be bipartisan in her new role at the Department of the Interior, and I look forward to working with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement makes Haaland\u2019s confirmation by the Senate nearly certain and follows last week\u2019s endorsement of Haaland by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who last month sparked uproar among his Democrat colleagues when he declared he would oppose Biden\u2019s choice for budget director, Neera Tanden, who\u00a0subsequently withdrew.<\/p>\n<p>While Collins said that she and Haaland \u201ccertainly have differing views on some issues,\u201d she touted Haaland\u2019s support in the House for a conservation bill Collins co-sponsored, the Great American Outdoors Act, which authorizes nearly $3 billion on conservation projects, as well as maintenance of public lands, including national parks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3719131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Deb-Haaland-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) speaks during a Senate hearing on her nomination to be interior secretary, on Capitol Hill, in Washington on Feb. 23, 2021. (Graeme Jennings\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<p>The Republican senator also praised Haaland\u2019s support for issues of concern to her constituents in Maine, \u201cas well as her deep knowledge of tribal issues, which has earned her the support of tribes across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haaland\u2019s confirmation would make her the first Native American to serve in a presidential Cabinet post.<\/p>\n<p>Declarations of support from Collins and Manchin are key for Haaland in the 50-50 split Senate, providing some breathing room if any Democrats were to cast an opposing vote.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of the Interior oversees the nation\u2019s public lands and waters and leads relations with nearly 600 federally recognized tribes.<\/p>\n<p>Under Biden, the department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/ourpriorities\">priorities are\u00a0to<\/a> \u201caddress the four intersecting challenges of COVID-19, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change,\u201d with acceleration of renewable energy development on public lands and waters one of the implementation objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland is on the record opposing fracking and the Keystone XL oil pipeline, leading some Republicans to come out against her candidacy, with Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wy.) among them.<\/p>\n<p>Barrasso, who is the top GOP senator on energy matters, has denounced Biden\u2019s moratorium on oil and gas leases on federal land and waters, arguing that it would cost thousands of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>During Haaland\u2019s confirmation hearings before the Senate energy and natural resources committee, Barrasso said he was \u201ctroubled by many of Representative Haaland\u2019s views,\u201d which he characterized as \u201cradical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t undermine our energy production and we shouldn\u2019t hurt our own economy,\u201d he said. \u201cRepresentative Haaland\u2019s positions are squarely at odds with the mission of the Department of [the] Interior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) said he was \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d by Haaland\u2019s support for the Green New Deal and the pause on new oil and gas leases, as well as her opposition to Keystone XL.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, in one of his first moves after taking office, revoked the permit for the pipeline, which former President Donald Trump revived after it stalled under the Obama administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Wednesday she will support President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee for interior secretary, making Collins the first Republican senator to back the candidacy. 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