(CNN) With President-elect Joe Biden choosing Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee for interior secretary, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will have only a three-seat vote margin for her Democratic majority heading into the 117th Congress in a Biden administration. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland -- the No. 2 Democrat in the House -- said that with the naming of Haaland for the Biden administration, the Democrats' majority in the House is going to be "tight." "I have not talked to one single person in the administration about Deb Haaland. "Congresswoman Deb Haaland is one of the most respected and one of the best Members of Congress I have served with," the California Democrat said before the announcement.

Source: CNN December 17, 2020 22:41 UTC