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FIRST ON FOX: Linda McMahon, the erstwhile CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and President Donald Trump's prime to caput the Department of Education, volition attest earlier the Senate connected Thursday, centering her opening remarks astir creating "a amended aboriginal for each American learner."
The Trump nominee, who was tapped successful November, volition footwear disconnected her confirmation process during a proceeding earlier the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee connected Thursday morning. Republican Sens. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Katie Britt of Alabama volition present McMahon earlier the hearing, Fox News has learned.
McMahon volition absorption her remarks connected enacting Trump's imaginativeness with the thought that "education is the issue that determines our nationalist occurrence and prepares American workers to triumph the future," according to an excerpt of her opening remarks, shared archetypal with Fox News Digital.
"I would similar to convey President Trump for his assurance successful maine to pb a Department whose ngo and authorization were a peculiar absorption of his campaign. He pledged to marque American acquisition the champion successful the world, instrumentality acquisition to the states wherever it belongs, and escaped American students from the acquisition bureaucracy done schoolhouse choice," McMahon volition accidental successful her opening remarks.
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McMahon is being boosted to caput the section that Trump has suggested helium wants to dismantle during his term, precocious saying that if McMahon is confirmed, helium wants her to "put herself retired of a job."
Trump said Wednesday conscionable hours up of McMahon's proceeding that helium wanted to adjacent the Education Department "immediately."
"It’s a large con job," helium said. "They ranked the apical countries successful the world. We’re ranked No. 40, but we’re ranked No. 1 successful 1 department: outgo per pupil. So, we walk much per pupil than immoderate different state successful the world, but we’re ranked No. 40."
His comments came arsenic Trump's enforcement agency, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) tally by Elon Musk, continues its financial audit of the national government.
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McMahon antecedently served arsenic the head of the Small Business Administration during Trump's archetypal word earlier stepping down successful 2019 to "return to the backstage sector."
She plans to accidental during her opening remarks Thursday, "My acquisition arsenic a business owner and person of the Small Business Administration, arsenic a nationalist servant successful the authorities of Connecticut, and much than a decennary of work arsenic a assemblage trustee has taught maine to enactment parents, teachers, and students, not bureaucracy, first."
"Outstanding teachers are bushed of governmental ideology successful their program and reddish portion connected their desks. This is wherefore schoolhouse prime is simply a increasing question crossed the nation: it offers teachers and parents an alternate to classrooms that are micromanaged from Washington, D.C."
The Trump nominee besides plans to item antisemitism successful schools and the contented of biologic males competing successful women's and girls' sports.
"If I americium confirmed, the section volition not basal idly by portion Jewish students are attacked and discriminated against," her remarks read. "It volition halt forcing schools to fto boys and men into pistillate sports and spaces. And it volition support the rights of parents to nonstop the motivation acquisition of their children."
In her opening remarks, McMahon volition enactment that "many Americans contiguous are experiencing a strategy successful decline" but that "the accidental earlier america these adjacent 4 years is momentous."
"It is my large grant to denote that Linda McMahon, erstwhile Administrator of the Small Business Administration, volition beryllium the United States Secretary of Education," Trump said successful his information announcement successful November.
Before being tapped to caput the Education Department, McMahon founded WWE with her hubby successful 1980, which has grown into a planetary wrestling amusement network.
"As Secretary of Education, Linda volition combat tirelessly to grow ‘Choice’ to each State successful America, and empower parents to marque the champion Education decisions for their families," the property merchandise added. "Linda served for 2 years connected the Connecticut Board of Education, wherever she was 1 of 15 members overseeing each Public Education successful the State, including its Technical High School system."
After McMahon's confirmation hearing, the committee volition docket a ballot connected whether to beforehand her information to a afloat level vote.
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