Senator Lamar Alexander spoke on the Senate floor about Betsy DeVos, the nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education.
Senator Alexander, who is chairman of the Senate education committee, said, “Few Americans have done as much as Betsy DeVos has to help low-income children have a choice of a better school. The Democrats' opposition to her says more about them than it does about her.
“Would her critics have been happier if she had spent the last 30 years trying to deny low-income children an opportunity to go to a better school? No. She spent her money and her time trying to help children from low-income families go to a better school.
“Next Tuesday, we will vote on whether to approve Betsy DeVos' nomination to the office of United States Education Secretary and will send that to the floor of the full Senate. I'm confident we will do that. I'm confident the Senate will approve her. Even though they may disagree with her, Democrats should give the new president a chance to have his own education secretary just as we did -- just as we Republicans did for President Obama.”
Video of the senator’s floor remarks are available here.