Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), tapped to lead the Department of Education, was reportedly in Trump's quest to close it “quickly” on Thursday morning , faces questions about her opinion on the future of the agency.
meanwhile The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (Help) Committee Confirmation Hearing, R-La. Senator Bill Cassidy first asked McMahon if he agreed that the DOE would need Congressional approval to close it completely.
“It's true that President Trump understands we're working with Congress,” replied McMahon. “We want to make this right. We want to present a plan that we think Senators can board. Education, but it certainly requires Congressional action.”
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Trump hopes that if he confirms that Linda McMahon will lead the Department of Education, he will “get her out of work.” (Getty Images)
D-Vt. Senator Bernie Sanders asked McMahon the same question after questioning her support for Pell Grant.
“One more, let's get your feelings about this. If there's a move to abolish the Department of Education, does it have to pass the US Congress?” Sanders asked.
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President Donald Trump can be seen in this March 2019 photo with McMahon, who worked in the first administration at the Small Business Bureau. (Reuters/Joshua Roberts)
“Yes, it was established by the US Congress and we are working with Congress. Without it, we can clearly not close it.”
Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, asked McMahon about Maine's trio program that supports first-generation college students in families with no experience in higher education. Collins said the Department of Education “questioned how these programs will be maintained if they are abolished.[ed]”Or 'substantially reorganized'.
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“These various things, especially the trio program, were hit badly by regulatory actions when some of the students who had applied for it were rejected due to the intervals of the form. That was all. Regulation control is simply impossible.”
“If you've been confirmed to be able to participate in the program and evaluate, how can you have the best possible surveillance and how can you exclude bureaucracy from education,” she said. .
McMahon, appointed as head of education, has stepped into a role that Trump suggests he is trying to eliminate. Trump recently showed that if McMahon was confirmed, she hopes to “get out of work.”
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President Trump has pledged the campaign path to remove the education department and bring power back to the state. (Getty Images)
Prior to McMahon's confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Trump reiterated his intention to close the department, calling for it to be “closed soon.”
“It's a big fraudulent job,” Trump said. “They are ranked among the top countries in the world. We are ranked 40th, but we are ranked 1st in one category. Cost per student. So, the world We are ranked 40th, although it costs more per student than any other country.
