HYGO News Biden Sec. cried during a congressional hearing, not asked employees back to office full-time
Biden Sec. cried during a congressional hearing, not asked employees back to office full-time
On 4/19/2023, Joe Biden’s Secretary of Interior started crying during a congressional hearing. “I really do have to say that all of this is because climate change is the crisis of our lifetime. We have an obligation to future generations to make sure that we have a planet for them to live on, and that’s why I’m here and that’s why I’m working incredibly hard to make sure that we can realize that transition, that we can have differing energy sources. We can’t continue to be a one-industry country.”
Interior Sec Deb Haaland Says She Has Not Asked Employees To Come Back To Work In Office Full-Time.
Congressman: On April the 10th, President Biden signed Representative Gosar’s Bill ending the National Emergency. Secretary, how soon after he signed that bill did you order all of the Department of Interior headquarters employees back into the office?
Haaland: Congressman, as I mentioned, a lot of our employees work out in the field. It’s their job to be on our public lands. Though if they’ve been ordered back into the office, thank you for that. I know that we are working. There are still some members of our team who are teleworking several days out of the week. We haven’t ordered them back into the office yet. I have not placed an order to tell everyone to come in.
Congressman: With most of your testimony today has been about how short-staffed you are, I would think they would be more efficient working from the office and the headquarters instead of from the house.
On 3/28/2023, Republican lawmaker questioned Joe Biden’s Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland during hearing.
Congressman: Is it your policy that critical minerals should be sourced from countries that are stewards of the environment, like the US and our allies, or sourced from Russia and China that don’t share our same values?
Haaland: Congressman, what I’ll say is the president is committed,
Congressman: pretty much a yes and no. It’s your policy, Madam.
Haaland: Our policy is to work to make sure we have the best.
Congressman: I’ll take that as a maybe. So, are you aware that China produces more emissions than any other country on the planet?
Haaland: I have probably read that somewhere.
Congressman: Are you also aware that China produces 90 percent of the world’s plastic from Four Rivers? I will take that as “yes.”
Congressman: Are you also aware that China is the biggest offender on illegal fishing?
Haaland: Thank you, Chair. Congressman
Congressman: have you read the Department of Interior report on critical minerals dated December 17th, 2017?
Haaland: I have not read that full report from 2017.
Congressman: Are you aware that China controls by proxy production, the supply chain of critical minerals that are critical to both the EV world and defense?
Haaland: Thank you for that information.
Congressman: Are you aware that by multiple studies, in order to satisfy the present requirements of EV and critical minerals of Defense, it would take an increase of two thousand percent of mining for 20 years? Are you aware of that?
Haaland: Thank you for the information, Congressman.
Congressman: Are you also aware that Northern Minnesota is home to those critical minerals that are necessary for EV and our defense department?
Haaland: I think there are critical minerals across our country.
Congressman: Did you, before you put a moratorium, identify and fast-track those sources of critical minerals that you just mentioned? Are you talking about in Minnesota and the boundaries you had mentioned? There’s other places within the United States that also hold critical minerals that are required for the country. Did you identify those and have you fast-tracked the production or permitting?
Haaland: We are, or identification in Minnesota particularly across our country.
Congressman: Can you pick any place that you’ve identified for an alternative to critical minerals to fast track so we’re not vulnerable to China and Russia for our very critical economy both in defense and EV?
Haaland: We are working currently on identifying those critical minerals. That is with the U.S Geological Survey. And, of course, we would identify, and
Congressman: you would agree that not having the critical minerals identified and produced in this country would present a security problem.
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Biden Sec. Interior cried during a congressional hearing, not asked employees back to office full-time