Unlike Donald Trump’s other cabinet nominees, who were grilled in the Senate on their personal ideologies and professional qualifications, Linda McMahon will be subject to a fact-finding mission regarding the future of the Department of Education.
Ahead of Thursday’s confirmation hearing, Democratic senators tell NOTUS their primary focus is what will become of the department Trump has nominated her to lead and instructed her to end.
“The main question is, does she see her job as simply turning out the lights at the Department of Education?” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.