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Joe Biden wants to nominate Deb Haaland as Home Secretary according to media reports. She would be the prime minister of indigenous origin in the history of the United States.
According to media reports, Deb Haaland is set to become Interior Minister under President-elect Joe Biden, the prime minister of indigenous origin in US history. The Washington Post and the New York Times reported Thursday that Biden had elected the 60-year-old MP to the job. The Democrat had promised to assemble a cabinet that would represent the diversity of American society.
Haaland comes from the state of New Mexico and belongs to the Pueblo of Laguna tribe. Haaland and her partymate Sharice Davids were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 as the first Native American people in history. There, Haaland campaigned, among other things, to improve the living conditions of the Indians.
The 60-year-old will now move to the head of the Ministry of the Interior, which is responsible for the administration of federally owned lands and mineral resources and is therefore not comparable to the German Ministry of the Interior. The reserves of the indigenous population are also within the area of responsibility. His nomination would have to be confirmed by the Senate.
Haaland becomes important to Biden’s climate agenda
Therefore, Haaland should play an important role in future President Biden’s climate and environmental protection policy. Among other things, the Democrat wants to roll back the extraction and use of fossil fuels, in stark contrast to outgoing incumbent Donald Trump, who is a proponent of oil and natural gas and an opponent of alternative energy.
“It would be an honor to advance the climate agenda of Biden and (future Vice President Kamala) Harris, repair government relations with tribes ruined by the Trump administration, and become the first indigenous minister in history in our country to serve,” he said Haaland to the “New York Times.”
“A cabinet that looks like the United States.”
Biden is committed to forming a cabinet that represents the diversity of American society and all major populations. In the words of the 78-year-old, who will be sworn in on January 20, “A cabinet that looks like America.”
The president-elect has already announced a number of premieres: For example, former Federal Reserve Chief Janet Yellen will become Secretary of the Treasury as the first woman in American history, retired four-star General Lloyd Austin as the first African-American Secretary of Defense and the former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, Minister of Transportation and thus the openly homosexual prime minister in the history of the United States. With Xavier Becerra as designated health minister and Alejandro Mayorkas as minister of National Security, two Latinos will assume important positions in the cabinet.
Decision of the environmental protection agency taken
Apparently, Biden has also decided on a new director of the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). According to media reports, the current director of North Carolina’s environmental protection agency, Michael Regan, will take over.
Critics accuse Trump of severely weakening the EPA during his tenure. The Republican, who repeatedly raises questions about man-made climate change, has relaxed numerous environmental regulations in his four-year term. Under Trump, the United States also pulled out of the 2015 Paris climate protection agreement, a step that Biden wants to reverse immediately after taking office.
