
Profile, Biden’s Cabinet: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland
On Dec. 17, 2020, Democrat Deb Haaland was selected by then-President-elect Joe Biden to join his Presidential Cabinet as the United States Secretary of the Interior. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held Haaland’s confirmation hearings on Feb. 23 and 24 and voted 11-9 on March 4 to advance her nomination. The Senate confirmed Haaland on Mar. 15 with a 51-40 vote, making her the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history. As the U.S. Secretary