Deb Haaland

Voted yes on H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which let Medicare negotiate drug prices. It passed the House 230-192 on Dec. 12, 2019.

December 12, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Finalized an updated Western Solar Plan on Dec. 20, 2024 identifying more than 31 million acres of public land in 11 Western states as available for utility-scale solar applications.

December 20, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Began a two-year withdrawal on Dec. 12, 2024 of about 165,000 acres of the Upper Pecos watershed near Santa Fe, New Mexico from new mining claims and mineral leases, the first step toward a 20-year withdrawal.

December 12, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Her Interior Department approved the Maryland Offshore Wind Project on Sept. 5, 2024, the tenth commercial-scale offshore wind project approved during her tenure, bringing approved offshore wind capacity past 15 gigawatts.

September 5, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Finalized a rule on April 19, 2024 giving maximum protection to more than 13 million acres of Special Areas in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve while supporting Alaska Native subsistence uses.

April 19, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Finalized the Bureau of Land Management's Public Lands Rule on April 18, 2024. The rule gave the agency tools to conserve wildlife habitat and intact landscapes alongside development, including new restoration and mitigation leases.

April 18, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Finalized a rule on April 12, 2024 raising the royalty rate on new federal onshore oil and gas leases to 16.67 percent from 12.5 percent. The rule also lifted the minimum lease bond to $150,000 from $10,000, the first such increase since 1960.

April 12, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Announced on April 11, 2024 that Interior had permitted more than 25 gigawatts of solar, wind and geothermal projects on public lands, meeting a 2025 goal early.

April 11, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Signed Public Land Order 7939 on April 3, 2024, withdrawing about 221,898 acres of the Thompson Divide in Colorado from new mining and mineral leasing for 20 years.

April 3, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Finalized three rules on March 28, 2024 that restored Endangered Species Act protections for species and their habitats, which the prior administration had weakened.

March 28, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Finalized a rule on March 27, 2024 requiring oil and gas operators on federal and Tribal lands to limit venting, flaring and leaks of natural gas. Interior projected more than $50 million a year in added royalties.

March 27, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Her Interior Department published the 2024-2029 offshore oil and gas leasing program on Dec. 15, 2023 with three Gulf of Mexico lease sales, the fewest in the program's history. The department said three sales were the minimum the Inflation Reduction Act required to keep offshore wind leasing going.

December 15, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Authorized cancelling the last seven oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 6, 2023. The leases, sold by the prior administration, had been suspended since June 2021.

September 6, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Signed a public land order on June 2, 2023 that barred new oil and gas leasing and mining claims on federal land within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico for 20 years.

June 2, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Announced on May 22, 2023 a deal in which Arizona, California and Nevada agreed to conserve at least 3 million acre-feet of Colorado River water through 2026. Most of the savings were paid for with federal Inflation Reduction Act funds.

May 22, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Her Interior Department approved ConocoPhillips' Willow oil project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve on March 13, 2023. The decision allowed three of the five drill sites the company proposed and required it to give up about 68,000 acres of leases.

March 13, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Signed Public Land Order 7917 on Jan. 26, 2023, barring new mineral leasing on about 225,504 acres of the Boundary Waters watershed in Minnesota for 20 years.

January 26, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Awarded an initial $560 million in federal infrastructure money to 24 states on Aug. 25, 2022 to plug and clean up orphaned oil and gas wells.

August 25, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

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Announced on Feb. 25, 2022 the results of the New York Bight offshore wind lease sale, which drew $4.37 billion in winning bids. Interior called it the highest-grossing offshore energy lease sale in U.S. history.

February 25, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: doi.gov

Backed President Biden's restoration of the full boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah, announced Oct. 7, 2021. The prior administration had sharply cut both monuments.

October 7, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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Approved the Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts on May 11, 2021, the first large-scale offshore wind farm in U.S. waters. The 800-megawatt project was approved jointly with the Commerce Secretary.

May 11, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: doi.gov

Issued two Secretarial Orders on April 16, 2021 as Interior Secretary. One created a Climate Task Force to speed renewable energy work across the department. The other revoked earlier orders the department said conflicted with protecting public health, land, water and wildlife.

April 16, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: doi.gov

Voted yes on H.R. 1957, the Great American Outdoors Act, which funded national park repairs and permanently funded the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The House passed it 310-107 on July 22, 2020.

July 22, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted yes on H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a voting access, campaign finance and ethics overhaul. It passed the House 234-193 on March 8, 2019.

March 8, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted yes on H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, which offered a path to citizenship for Dreamers and other immigrants. It passed the House 237-187 on June 4, 2019.

June 4, 2019Supports Immigration

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Voted yes on H.R. 1957, the Great American Outdoors Act, which funded national park repairs and permanently funded the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The House passed it 310-107 on July 22, 2020.

July 22, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act, a COVID-19 relief and spending package. It passed the House 208-199 on May 15, 2020.

May 15, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Led the House passage of the Not Invisible Act of 2019, which created a federal commission on missing and murdered Native Americans. It was signed into law on Oct. 10, 2020.

October 10, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted yes on H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act, a COVID-19 relief and spending package. It passed the House 208-199 on May 15, 2020.

May 15, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted yes on H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, which expanded background checks for gun sales. It passed the House 240-190 on Feb. 27, 2019.

February 27, 2019Supports Gun Control

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Released Volume 1 of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative investigative report on May 11, 2022. It set out the first official inventory of the system: 408 federal Indian boarding schools across 37 states or territories between 1819 and 1969, with marked or unmarked burial sites identified at about 53 of them.

May 11, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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As U.S. Secretary of the Interior, formally ordered the removal of the derogatory term 'sq___' and other derogatory names from federal lands, establishing a Board on Geographic Names review process.

November 19, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Announced the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a department-wide investigation into former federal boarding schools for Native children and the burial sites at them.

June 22, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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As U.S. Secretary of the Interior, created a new Missing & Murdered Unit within the Bureau of Indian Affairs to investigate cases of missing or murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives.

April 1, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Led the House passage of the Not Invisible Act of 2019, which created a federal commission on missing and murdered Native Americans. It was signed into law on Oct. 10, 2020.

October 10, 2020Supports Civil Rights

Source: bia.gov

Voted yes on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, which added sexual orientation and gender identity to federal civil rights law. It passed the House 236-173 on May 17, 2019.

May 17, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov

Voted yes on H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a voting access, campaign finance and ethics overhaul. It passed the House 234-193 on March 8, 2019.

March 8, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov

Finalized a rule on April 12, 2024 raising the royalty rate on new federal onshore oil and gas leases to 16.67 percent from 12.5 percent. The rule also lifted the minimum lease bond to $150,000 from $10,000, the first such increase since 1960.

April 12, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: doi.gov

Received U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich's endorsement for governor on June 4, 2026, after the Democratic primary.

June 4, 2026

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Received the endorsement of the Conservation Voters New Mexico Action Fund for governor on May 2, 2025.

May 2, 2025

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Voted yes on H.Res. 24, the second impeachment of President Trump for incitement of insurrection. It passed 232-197 on Jan. 13, 2021.

January 13, 2021

Source: clerk.house.gov

Voted yes on both articles of impeachment against President Trump on Dec. 18, 2019. The first article, abuse of power, passed 230-197.

December 18, 2019

Source: clerk.house.gov

Elected vice chair of the House Natural Resources Committee on Jan. 29, 2019, the first Native American in that post. She also chaired its Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

January 29, 2019

Source: theonefeather.com