Political Quotes

“I rise today to speak in opposition to the nomination of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education. My reason is very simple: Mrs. DeVos lacks the experience required to oversee the Department of Education, an agency that serves over 50 million public school children across America. Despite spending many years giving hundreds of millions of dollars to back political candidates and ballot initiatives that support unproven education policies, she remains shockingly unfamiliar with Federal law and even some very basic education concepts. Educating our children is an incredibly important job, and we need someone who is experienced, prepared, and well qualified to lead the Department of Education. As I have said before, Mrs. DeVos has no experience in public education at any level, not as a teacher, not as an administrator, not as a student, not as a parent, not as a school board member, and not even as a borrower of public loans for college. Ask any parent; our children are what we hold most dear. It only makes sense that the individual whom we entrust with our children's education should have at least some--some--experience in public education. Mrs. DeVos has absolutely no experience--I repeat, no tangible experience--with neighborhood public schools. In fact, her only experience in education is her work lobbying for the transfer of taxpayer money to private schools.…”