Rankings Committee member Bernie Sanders voted against Linda McMahon’s nomination and said he would oppose Trump’s candidate.
The Senate committee has advanced the nomination of the Senate Secretary of Education as the Trump administration has put a heavy department overhaul or even demolishing it, bringing her one step closer to confirming it.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 12-11 votes on February 20 to advance its Senate-wide nomination. The final election date was not announced.
McMahon, 76, served as manager of small business management during Trump’s first administration. She is a member of the Sacred Heart University Board of Directors and previously served on the Connecticut State Board of Education.
McMahon and her husband Vince McMahon founded World Wrestling Entertainment.
Committee chair Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), voted in favour of the nomination, saying McMahon will bring much needed changes to K-12 schools and higher education after a period of decline. Ta.
“For the past four years, the Department of Education has focused on everything but learning,” he said.
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Ranking member Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said no, saying McMahon did not outline plans to benefit 26 million low-income students and protect special education funds. I voted. He also criticised Trump’s proposed education cuts and said he could not support candidates who are in line with the president’s plan.
“It doesn’t matter who the secretary will be.
During the previous confirmation hearing of the same committee, McMahon said he would support universal school selection and strengthening career and technical education. She has pledged to enforce Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion. Critical Race Theory; K-12 and Transgender Ideology in Higher Education.
McMahon previously said that only Congress could eliminate the Department of Education, but some of its functions could be moved to other agencies to save taxpayers billions of dollars. She said student loans for low-income schools and special education, Pell grants and federal funds remain intact.
Despite McMahon’s assurance, Sen. Tim Kane (D-Va.) said he voted for the Department of Education as a message to preserve in its current form.
“We can’t vote for someone who’s engaged in the destruction of the very institution she wants to lead,” he said.
Sen. Mark Wayne Marin (R-Okla), who voted for Jesus, said that when the agency was formed in 1979, he had the world’s top public education system, but that fell to No. 34. Ta. His immediate extended family members work as public school teachers or principals, all agreeing that the system is failing.
“I don’t know how I can say it’s working with a straight face,” he said.
