>> i mean, indian cotry is rallying around deb holland.efinitely from indian country, represents indian country, and there's an opportunity to have a voice at the table. and so, some of the messages that we're sending is, you know, we need to start thinking about turning-- returning public lands, returning indigenous lands into indigenous hands. and that's what we talk a lot about in our land-back movement. we want to see some movement on that. we also want to make sure that-- that in our dealgs with the department of interior, that we end up actually moving to this era of consent, of consent. and i think that deb holland is big advocate for that. >> sy: nick tilson, joining us from the pine ridge indian reservation. thank you so much for sharing your perspective, nick. >> absolutely. thanks for having me on. >> woodruff: it is a week marked by a moment of reckoning for racial justice, by new calls to hold accountable those behind the january 6 insurrection, and by president biden's ambitious push to combat climate change. to help make sen

all that will definitely be deb holland she is the 1st native american member of the cabinet and she is the secretary of the interior under such. a department that manager of conserves federal lands and the native community of course is very hopeful that in the future she will push for the protection of native lambs and if you look at her background she does have a record of being an environmental activist and the thought has called for the banning of drilling and fracking on. so it'll be interesting to see in the future whether she will push for fuel oil pipelines to be built on federal lands and the such on mesa of lamb. and then really there is the man with the biggest job perhaps in terms of policy over sought who is also the 1st openly gay cabinet member. and do you that would be preferred to he is a member of the oil to be secure community you might remember him also from running in the presidential election of 2020 and as you just said he is at the core of this new 2 trillion dollar transportation plan that was revealed this week by biden vice president biden and what egypt un

and indeed these were native americans therefore the role of the former new mexico congresswoman deb holland cond be overestimated brand the member of the tribe is the 1st native american cabinet member ever and in her role as interior secretary hollande will be in charge of the federal government's relationship with native american land and native activists have complained for you is that the gov the federal government has. and by building pipelines and causing destruction all that was out there in put so they hope now that was holland they finally have an advocate in the white tones that will protect them from future abuse and there is also a cabinet member used to be called mayor peach he is the 1st openly gay cabinet member. right the only 39 year old former. mayor and 2020 presidential candidate pete but it is biden's transportation secretary and we just have heard about his huge huge trillion dollar infrastructural build so he will play a major a crucial role in biden cabinet and if he is able to pass this very ambitious bill he might be actually the 1st. president of the united states

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. >> interior secretary deb holland testified before a sub committee on president biden's fiscal year 2022 interior department budget request. she also addressed violence against indigenous women and issues facing native american communities. this runs two hours. >> this hearing will come to order. as the hearing is virtual, we must address housekeeping matters. for today's meeting the chair or staff designated by the chairman mute participant's microphones when they're not speaking. members are responsible for unmuting and muting themselves. if you notice you have not unmuted yourself, i will ask you if you'd like the staff to unmute you. i remind all members and witnesses that the five minute clock still applies. if there's a technology issue, we will move to the next member until the issue is resolved and you'll retain the balance of your time. you'll notice the clock on your screen that will show how much time is remaining. at one minute remaining the clock turns to yellow. at thirty-seconds i will gently tap the gavel to remind members their time is almost expired. when the time

and indeed these were native americans therefore the role of the former new mexico congresswoman deb holland cond be overestimated brand the member of the lagoon up is the 1st native american cabinet member ever and in her role as interior secretary hollande will be in charge of the federal government's relationship with native american land native activists have complained for you is that the gov the federal government has tarnished by building pipelines and causing destruction all that was out there in put so they hope now that was holland they finally have an advocate in the white house that will protect them from future abuse and there is also a cabinet member used to be called mayor pete he is the 1st openly gay cabinet member. right the only 39 year old former. mayor and 2020 presidential candidate pete. it's biden's transportation secretary and we just have heard about his huge huge trillion dollar infrastructural build so he will play a major a crucial role in biden cabinet and if he is able to pass this very ambitious bill he might be actually the 1st. president of the united states

and indeed these were native americans therefore the role of the former new mexico congresswoman deb holland cond be overestimated brand the member of the lagoon up is the 1st native american cabinet member ever and in her role as interior secretary hollande will be in charge of the federal government's relationship with native american land and native activists have complained for you is that the gov the federal government has has tarnished by building pipelines and causing destruction all that was out there in put so they hope now that was holland they finally have an advocate in the white house that will protect them from future abuse and there is also a cabinet member used to be called mayor pete he is the 1st openly gay cabinet member. right the only 39 year old former. mayor and 2020 presidential candidate pete but it is biden's transportation secretary and we just have heard about his huge huge trillion dollar infrastructural build so he will play a major a crucial role in biden cabinet and if he is able to pass this very ambitious bill he might be actually the 1st. president of the u

. >> interior secretary deb holland testified before a sub committee on president biden's fiscal yearnterior department budget request. she also addressed violence against indigenous women and issues facing native american communities. this runs two hours. >> this hearing will come to order. as the hearing is virtual, we must address housekeeping matters. for today's meeting the chair or staff designated by the chairman mute participant's microphones when they're not speaking. members are responsible for unmuting and muting themselves. if you notice you have not

in welcoming former colleague member of the -- laguna and 54 secretary of the interior honorable deb holland if many of us dedicated with the treaty responsibilities to native american tribes today is a special day. so glad to have you here. let me xengsd a warm welcome to your principal deputy taylor former staff to appropriations sub committee, with an act for fighting bipartisan solutions to problems, welcome. secretary who'll land considering natural resources, preserving our diverse cultural heritage upholding trust responsibilities, our goals reall share while we will disagree on details remain united in pursuit of these goals and we begin this new working relationship united in the recognition and divide us i hope we can remember that we are in this together and only that working together can we achieve long lasting solutions. thank you for that. former secretary gail norton recently said every interior secretary takes office i want to do more for the country and every interior secretary leaves wish i had been able to do for more indian country. i'm not sure yet there was same holds t