Mar 15, 2021 IPAA Responds to Senate Confirming Haaland as Interior Secretary
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the U.S. Senate voting today to confirm Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Department of Interior, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) released the following statement:
IPAA President & CEO Barry Russell: “We were pleased that in her confirmation hearings now-Secretary Haaland reiterated the importance of oil and natural gas and the multiple use mandate given to the Department of the Interior by Congress to manage the federal estate. In the coming days and weeks as the Department reaches President Biden’s 60-day freeze on leasing and permitting on federal lands, we hope Secretary Haaland and her team consider the perspectives of the independent oil and natural gas producers working and living in the communities where natural gas and oil production are the backbone of the economy, and the role they play in both providing energy for Americans and lowering our country’s environmental footprint.”
