On Tuesday, Rep. Deb Haaland made history as the first Native American nominated for a presidential cabinet position to reach a Senate confirmation hearing. to be questioned for a presidential cabinet position. AndIn the hearing, GOP senators took the opportunity to attack President Biden’s climate and environment agenda. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre and Anthony Adragna recap the first day of testimony.

Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.
Ben Lefebvre covers energy for POLITICO.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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Rep. Haaland’s Senate hearing, Day 1