Media are reporting that President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Congresswoman Deb Haaland to be the next Secretary of the Interior -- and the first Native American ever to serve in the Cabinet.

Deb Haaland is a historic choice who will be an inspiring, progressive leader for a department that deals with public lands, climate change, and relations with Tribal Nations. As my friends at the PCCC said, "With the historic appointment of Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary, Joe Biden chose the most qualified person and put a true movement progressive in his Cabinet."

Can you join me in congratulating Deb Haaland? Click here to sign the PCCC’s congratulations card for Deb. You can also leave Deb a personal note -- and one for President-Elect Biden.

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Joe Biden’s decision to make Deb Halland Secretary of the Interior is an outright victory for progressives -- and for America. We thank him for making the right choice.

For weeks, I’ve worked with the PCCC, Native leaders, climate leaders, women leaders, and other progressives in urging the Biden-Harris Transition to make this historic choice. Here’s why...

Deb Haaland is Chair of the relevant Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands -- where she chaired some of the first hearings on climate change in the House in over a decade. She was also Tribal Administrator of the Pueblo of San Felipe before being one of the first Native American women elected to Congress. She passed numerous bills on Tribal rights and natural resources through Congress and into law.

Deb has exactly what’s needed for a position that deals with public lands, climate change, and relations with Tribal Nations. Elizabeth Warren says Deb has a "top-notch command of policy." Republican colleagues from Oklahoma and Alaska recently praised her work.

Please join me and the PCCC in congratulating Deb Haaland. Sign the card here -- and you can leave a personal note.

There’s more work to do. The New York Times recently reported, "The Progressive Change Institute, a group aligned with Senator Elizabeth Warren, sent an extensive list on Friday to Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s transition team that included about 400 recommended names for positions in his administration."

Deb Haaland’s name was way high up on the Progressive Change list, and many more slots have left to be filled. You can make a tax-deductible donation to the Progressive Change Institute’s continued work to influence who gets into the next Administration. So far, so good. Let’s keep it up.

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-- Mark Ruffalo

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