"I'm sad to hear of former NM Gov Bill Richardson's passing," Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who previously served as a U.S. representative from New Mexico, said in a statement Saturday.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-new-mexico-gov-bill-richardson-dies-75/story?id=102884714

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said two of the leases in the refuge had been canceled and refunded at the request of the leaseholders.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2023/09/07/drill-baby-not-biden-bars-oil-exploration-on-13-million-acres-of-arctic-wilderness-n1725105

“The Endangered Species Act has been very successful,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in an Associated Press interview.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/u-s-news/2023/08/after-helping-prevent-extinctions-for-50-years-the-endangered-species-act-itself-may-be-in-peril/