Betsy DeVos Confirmation Hearing Live Stream: When And Where To Watch Senate Meet With Trump's Education Pick
School choice advocate and Republican megadonor Betsy DeVos will get a chance Tuesday to explain her views on public education when a Senate committee meets to size up her accomplishments and qualifications.
Donald Trump nominated DeVos as the head of the Department of Education in November, but her Senate committee hearing was postponed from last week to Tuesday after Democrats raised concerns about the fact that the Office of Government Ethics did not complete its review of DeVos’ financial holdings and potential conflicts of interest, according to the Washington Post.
“Betsy DeVos is an outstanding nominee who has complied with all of the committee’s requirements and no one doubts that she will be confirmed as Education Secretary,” an aide to committee chairman Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander said, according to the Post. “This hearing delay is simply to accommodate the Senate schedule.”
The hearing will be held Tuesday at 5 p.m. EST in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The confirmation hearing will live stream here. YouTube and C-SPAN will also stream the event live, while cable news channels will also televise portions of the Senate confirmation hearing.
DeVos, a Republican activist from Michigan, is the wife of billionaire Richard DeVos Jr., the son of Amway co-founder Richard DeVos Sr. DeVos’ hearing had originally been scheduled to take place last Wednesday.
"Betsy DeVos is a brilliant and passionate education advocate," Trump said in a statement while announcing her position in his administration. "Under her leadership we will reform the U.S. education system and break the bureaucracy that is holding our children back so that we can deliver world-class education and school choice to all families."
The National Education Association has condemned Trump's choice.
"We have, and will continue, to fight for all students to have a great public school in their community and the opportunity to succeed no matter their backgrounds or circumstances," NEA President Lily Eskelsen García said in a statement in November. "Betsy DeVos has consistently worked against these values, and her efforts over the years have done more to undermine public education than support students. She has lobbied for failed schemes, like vouchers — which take away funding and local control from our public schools — to fund private schools at taxpayers’ expense. These schemes do nothing to help our most-vulnerable students while they ignore or exacerbate glaring opportunity gaps."
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