Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) on March 26 questioned Education Secretary Betsy DeVos about her proposed education cuts. (House Appropriations Committee)
It’s not Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s fault that her department has to cut its budget. That’s a mandate coming down from her boss, President Trump.
But DeVos is the one to make specific recommendations about where those cuts should be made. On Tuesday, she appeared on Capitol Hill to defend them — including canceling out federal funding for the Special Olympics in next year’s budget.
“We had to make some difficult decisions with this budget,” DeVos told legislators, in defense of her proposals.
View the complete March 27 article by Philip Bump on The Washington Post website here.