Al Franken Betsy Devos Floor

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Al franken betsy devos floor.

Senator al franken has since announced his resignation in a floor speech on thursday december 7. Al franken questions betsy devos on proficiency versus growth. There may be enough opposition to education secretary pick betsy devos to overturn her nomination as activists teachers and members of congress step up their resistance. Al franken d minn blasted betsy devos president trump s pick to lead the department of education as democrats staged a late night protest over her nomination.

Just before 10 p m. From betsy devos the beleaguered secretary of education who believed that guns have a place in schools to fend off grizzly bears. Al franken d minnesota recalled on the senate floor his exchange with devos during the hearing last month at which he asked whether she was. Al franken d minn released the following statement following the senate s confirmation of betsy devos as secretary of education.

Al franken blasted devos as fundamentally incompetent in his floor speech and mentioned that his office had received more than 3 000 phone calls about her nomination. Senate minority leader chuck schumer d n y on thursday said he would vote against devos stating that the billionaire heiress and proponent of privatization would single handedly decimate our public education system. My follow up post can be found here.