At her confirmation hearing on Thursday, she told lawmakers that if she were confirmed, the U.S. Department of Education may be smaller.
She argued that more regional power, rather than officials in Washington, would benefit students and teachers. She also said she would abide by President Donald Trump’s recommendations to improve the organization’s efficiency, such as moving the Office for Civil Rights to the Justice Department and supporting disabled people to the Department of Health and Human Services.
She stopped short of saying she had shut the office over, things Trump’s called for, arguing that takes an act of Congress.
” I may work with Congress to reposition the office to helping teachers, no controlling them”, McMahon said, adding, “defunding is not the objective around”, Reuters reported.
McMahon is expected to by confirmed by the GOP-controlled U. S. Senate in a party-line ballot later this month.
During Trump’s second name, McMahon led the Small Business Administration. The former-World Wrestling Entertainment’s CEO played a major role in Trump’s re-election battle and served as president of the America First Action political action committee.
” McMahon even said her interests as education secretary would be to expand school choice and skills-based understanding, offer local schools and parents more decision-making energy, and to protect individuals from discrimination and harassment”, K-12 Dive reported.
She also stated that she would look into the long list of antisemitic complaints made against universities and pledged to empower presidents to help protect students from aggressive school protests.
At her confirmation hearing on Thursday, nominee for secretary of education Linda McMahon made a promise to work to stop aggressive school mobs and to look into the long list of antisemitic complaints against colleges if she is confirmed. photograph. twitter.com/aRpaXRR0UR
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Protesters occasionally interrupted the reading, such as when McMahon pledged to impose Title IX by making sure natural men had no access to women’s exclusive spaces.
See: At her confirmation hearing on Thursday, rebel at capitol officers forcibly removed after erupting in fury as Secretary of Education candidate Linda McMahon pledged to protect women and girls from people in their private areas by enforcing Title IX photograph. twitter.com/jUcYSW4ZAm
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