{"id":1945465,"date":"2023-06-06T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T18:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-launches-investigation-into-biden-interior-sec-over-relationship-with-daughters-green-group\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T14:30:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T18:30:12","slug":"house-committee-launches-investigation-into-biden-interior-sec-over-relationship-with-daughters-green-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-launches-investigation-into-biden-interior-sec-over-relationship-with-daughters-green-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Interior Secretary is under investigation by House Committee for ties to daughter&#8217;s environmental organization."},"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\">30<\/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%2Fhouse-committee-launches-investigation-into-biden-interior-sec-over-relationship-with-daughters-green-group%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=1945465&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--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"House Committee Launches Investigation Into Biden Interior Sec Over Relationship With Daughter\u2019s Green Group\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/marie-gluesenkamp-perez-taxes\" data-post-url id=\"print-1746696\">\n<div>\n<p><h2>Interior Secretary Deb Haaland&#8217;s Relationship with Daughter&#8217;s Anti-Oil Organization Under Investigation<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Interior Secretary Deb Haaland \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee are investigating Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over her relationship with her daughter&#8217;s green group, which works to end oil and gas production as well as &#8220;imperial capitalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Committee chairman Bruce Westerman (R., Ark.) wrote a letter to Haaland on Monday informing her of the investigation and requesting documents pertaining to Haaland&#8217;s communications with Pueblo Action Alliance (PAA), a liberal environmental group that has employed Haaland&#8217;s daughter since at least 2020.<\/li>\n<li>In 2021, Haaland met with the group&#8217;s executive director, who bragged about the meeting and referred to Haaland as &#8220;Auntie Deb.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Haaland&#8217;s daughter also represented the group on a December lobbying trip urging federal lawmakers to prohibit oil and gas production on federal land around a national park in New Mexico, a press release shows.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The lobbying effort quickly paid off. Haaland last week moved to block oil and gas leasing in the area for two decades, a move she said &#8220;marks an important step in fulfilling President Biden&#8217;s commitments to Indian Country.&#8221; Haaland&#8217;s collaboration with her daughter&#8217;s group, however, could land her in hot water.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-launches-investigation-into-biden-interior-sec-over-relationship-with-daughters-green-group\/\" title=\"Biden's Interior Secretary is under investigation by House Committee for ties to daughter's environmental organization.\">ethics rules forbid executive branch employees<\/a> from giving &#8220;preferential treatment to any private organization or individual&#8221; and from &#8220;using their position for the private gain of family members.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Per these rules, Westerman&#8217;s letter states that Haaland\u2014who is responsible for regulating energy production on federal lands\u2014should have recused herself from the New Mexico oil and gas leasing decision.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The House Committee on Natural Resources is concerned with Secretary Haaland&#8217;s compliance with ethical obligations and potential conflicts of interest given PAA&#8217;s opposition to oil and gas production on federal lands [and] Secretary Haaland&#8217;s involvement with PAA,&#8221; the letter reads.<\/p>\n<p>While the Interior Department declined to comment, the Pueblo Action Alliance official who met with Haaland called the investigation &#8220;a misguided attempt to deflect attention from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-plan-to-destroy-oil-industry-resurfaces-in-2020-video\/\" title=\"Biden's Plan to Destroy Oil Industry Resurfaces in 2020 Video\">fossil fuel industry&#8217;<\/a>s role in the climate crisis and the destruction of ancestral lands.&#8221; But energy groups say Haaland&#8217;s &#8220;conflicts of interest&#8221; require scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Secretary Haaland has conflicts of interest that simply wouldn&#8217;t be tolerated if they were on behalf of oil and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/15-states-threaten-to-pull-assets-from-big-banks-that-cut-off-fossil-fuels\/\" title=\"15 States Threaten To Pull Assets From Big Banks That Cut Off Fossil Fuels\">natural gas companies<\/a> and should not be tolerated when they&#8217;re on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-congressman-boasts-support-for-maines-lobster-industry-he-voted-to-strengthen-the-agency-set-to-crack-down-on-lobstermen\/\" title=\"This Congressman Boasts Support for Maine\u2019s Lobster Industry. He Voted To Strengthen the Agency Set To Crack Down on Lobstermen.\">environmental special interests<\/a>,&#8221; Western Energy Alliance president Kathleen Sgamma said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Pueblo Action Alliance does not hide its contempt for the oil and gas industry. In one post on its website, the group blasts &#8220;capitalist based solutions&#8221; to fight climate change, saying those solutions &#8220;will NOT save our earth mother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-fisker-automotives-lost-taxpayers-tens-of-millions-top-investors-turn-to-proterra\/\" title=\"After Fisker Automotives Lost Taxpayers Tens of Millions, Top Investors Turn to Proterra\">cut carbon emissions<\/a> is to keep it in the ground and end imperial capitalism,&#8221; the post reads. &#8220;Indigenous people maintained balance before global colonization; we are the solutions for climate change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee are investigating Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over her relationship with her daughter&#8217;s green group, which works to end oil and gas production as well as &#8220;imperial capitalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Haaland&#8217;s Collaboration with Daughter&#8217;s Group<\/h3>\n<p>Haaland&#8217;s collaboration with her daughter&#8217;s group, Pueblo Action Alliance (PAA), has come under scrutiny. In 2021, Haaland met with the group&#8217;s executive director, who referred to Haaland as &#8220;Auntie Deb.&#8221; Haaland&#8217;s daughter also represented the group on a December lobbying trip urging federal lawmakers to prohibit oil and gas production on federal land around a national park in New Mexico.<\/p>\n<h3>Conflict of Interest<\/h3>\n<p>Haaland&#8217;s move to block oil and gas leasing in the area for two decades, after collaborating with her daughter&#8217;s group, has raised concerns about a conflict of interest. U.S. ethics rules forbid executive branch employees from giving &#8220;preferential treatment to any private organization or individual&#8221; and from &#8220;using their position for the private gain of family members.&#8221; Committee chairman Bruce Westerman (R., Ark.) wrote a letter to Haaland on Monday informing her of the investigation and requesting documents pertaining to Haaland&#8217;s communications with PAA.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy<\/h3>\n<p>The Pueblo Action Alliance official who met with Haaland called the investigation &#8220;a misguided attempt to deflect attention from the fossil fuel industry&#8217;s role in the climate crisis and the destruction of ancestral lands.&#8221; However, energy groups say Haaland&#8217;s &#8220;conflicts of interest&#8221; require scrutiny.<\/p>\n<h3>Pueblo Action Alliance&#8217;s Stance<\/h3>\n<p>Pueblo Action Alliance does not hide its contempt for the oil and gas industry. In one post on its website, the group blasts &#8220;capitalist based solutions&#8221; to fight climate change, saying those solutions &#8220;will NOT save our earth mother.&#8221; The post reads, &#8220;The only way to cut carbon emissions is to keep it in the ground and end imperial capitalism. Indigenous people maintained balance before global colonization; we are the solutions for climate change.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is being investigated by House Natural Resources Committee Republicans for her connection to her daughter&#8217;s anti-oil organization. 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