A Democratic congresswoman on Thursday rebuked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVosCardona seeks to pivot from DeVos era at Education Senate confirms Biden's Education secretary Motorcade of Libyan interior minister attacked MORE as "out to destroy public education."
Betsy DeVosCardona seeks to pivot from DeVos era at Education Senate confirms Biden's Education secretary Motorcade of Libyan interior minister attacked MORE as "out to destroy public education." The remarks from Rep. Frederica Wilson
Frederica Patricia WilsonAn attack on America that's divided Congress — and a nation Capitol Police report warned that Congress could be targeted three days before riot Democrats point fingers on whether Capitol rioters had inside help MORE (D-Fla.) came during a tense House hearing focused on DeVos's handling of students who claim they were defrauded by for-profit colleges.
Frederica Patricia WilsonAn attack on America that's divided Congress — and a nation Capitol Police report warned that Congress could be targeted three days before riot Democrats point fingers on whether Capitol rioters had inside help MORE (D-Fla.) came during a tense House hearing focused on DeVos's handling of students who claim they were defrauded by for-profit colleges."I've had some honest disagreements with my friends in the Republican Party on how to move education forward but I have never — not one time — believed they were out to destroy public education until I met you," Wilson told DeVos during the House Education and Labor Committee hearing.
"You are the most unpopular person in our government. Millions will register to vote in 2020 and many will vote to remove you more than to remove the president."
I'm glad that @BetsyDeVosED attended today's hearing on debt relief for defrauded students, but her answers about her refusal to provide that much-needed relief were extremely dissatisfying. pic.twitter.com/9OxcOw5kU0
— Rep Frederica Wilson (@RepWilson) December 12, 2019
DeVos didn't get the chance to respond, but Republicans on the committee said Wilson's comments crossed the line.
"I just have to say one of those last comments was over the line — absolutely over the line," said Rep. Virginia Foxx
Virginia Ann FoxxChamber of Commerce labels Biden removal of NLRB general counsel 'extreme' GOP scrutiny intensifies on firing of NLRB top attorney Biden fires Trump-era NLRB counsel MORE (R-N.C.).
Virginia Ann FoxxChamber of Commerce labels Biden removal of NLRB general counsel 'extreme' GOP scrutiny intensifies on firing of NLRB top attorney Biden fires Trump-era NLRB counsel MORE (R-N.C.)."To say that Secretary DeVos is trying to destroy public education is going too far, and I believe every one of my colleagues agrees. We all sat up very quickly when that comment was said. That kind of comment cannot stand in this committee."
Chairman Bobby Scott
Robert (Bobby) Cortez ScottNASA names headquarters building after agency's first Black female engineer House Democrats to keep minimum wage hike in COVID-19 relief bill for Friday vote Full COVID recovery requires raising the minimum wage MORE (D-Va.) rebuffed a Republican request to strike the comments from the record but said members should "refrain from questioning the motives of the members and the witnesses."
Robert (Bobby) Cortez ScottNASA names headquarters building after agency's first Black female engineer House Democrats to keep minimum wage hike in COVID-19 relief bill for Friday vote Full COVID recovery requires raising the minimum wage MORE (D-Va.) rebuffed a Republican request to strike the comments from the record but said members should "refrain from questioning the motives of the members and the witnesses." 