Linda McMahon Confirmed as Secretary of Education By Haley Strack
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During her confirmation hearing, McMahon described the DOE as an agency ‘in decline’ and announced her intention to ‘invest in teachers not Washington bureaucrats.’
The Senate confirmed former Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education on Monday evening.
Once the World Wrestling Entertainment CEO, McMahon was confirmed 51 to 45, along party lines. President Donald Trump appointed her to the position hoping that she would “put herself out of a job,” he has said, and that McMahon “wholeheartedly” embraces his move to weaken the department’s influence.
“President Trump believes that the bureaucracy in Washington should be abolished so that we can return education to the states, where it belongs. I wholeheartedly support and agree with this mission,” the now-secretary said in a letter to Democrats on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
McMahon served on the Connecticut Board of Education for two years and was on the Board of Trustees at Sacred Heart University for more than 16 years. In a statement announcing McMahon’s nomination in November, Trump called McMahon a “fierce advocate for Parents’ Rights.”
“Linda will use her decades of Leadership experience, and deep understanding of both Education and Business, to empower the next Generation of American Students and Workers, and make America Number One in Education in the World,” Trump said at the time. “We will send Education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort.”
During her confirmation hearing, McMahon described the DOE as an agency “in decline” and announced her intention to “invest in teachers not Washington bureaucrats.” McMahon will be responsible for enforcing Trump’s directives to cut back diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in education, and keep men out of women’s sports.
“I absolutely do believe that our public schools are the bedrock of our education. You know, they go back to the very founding of our country,” McMahon said at the hearing.
Nicki Neily, the president of the parents’ advocacy group Parents Defending Education, said that McMahon’s new role “will be pivotal in reversing the disastrous policies that have failed our nation’s classrooms.”
“For far too long, the Department of Education has catered to left-wing political activists and teachers’ union leaders, ignoring the concerns of parents and their children,” Neily said. “America’s children deserve the opportunity to thrive in a safe, supportive, and high-quality education environment, and under Sec. McMahon’s leadership, we are confident that this will become a reality.”
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