US Rep. Deb Haaland on her first day in the US House of Representatives doing a remote interview with a reporter back in New Mexico. Haaland is President Joe Biden's pick to be Secretary of the Interior, the first time in history that a Native American has been nominated for a cabinet post. Some conservative lawmakers in the West claim Haaland is, in their mind, too extreme. Photo courtesy US Rep. Deb Haaland
US Rep. Deb Haaland on her first day in the US House of Representatives doing a remote interview with a reporter back in New Mexico. Haaland is President Joe Biden's pick to be Secretary of the Interior, the first time in history that a Native American has been nominated for a cabinet post. Some conservative lawmakers in the West claim Haaland is, in their mind, too extreme. Photo courtesy US Rep. Deb Haaland