Analysis: Why can’t Betsy DeVos give a direct answer to a direct question?
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies Wednesday before the House Education and Labor Committee. By Valerie Strauss Valerie Strauss Reporter covering education, foreign affairs Email Bio Follow April 10 at 9:04 PM Education Secretary Betsy DeVos seems to have a problem answering direct questions with direct answers — at least when testifying before Congress.
How she answered became a point for discussion. Rep. Virginia Foxx said at the end of the questioning that it was “a gotcha hearing,” with some lawmakers trying to twist the secretary’s words. Rep. Van Taylor gave DeVos a reprieve earlier.DEVOS: There have been a number of things on which I was not able to comment. I think it’s difficult if issues are being conflated, and I also am here not to answer multiple-choice questions but to have an exchange on a number of issues.Rep.
At the time, there were reports DeVos opposed having the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights roll back the guidance and that the decision was made by Jeff Sessions, who was attorney general then. But when DeVos was asked about whether she supported the rollback, she said, “Yes, 100 percent.”
BONAMICI: . . . I would really like an answer. Students and families need to know this. We had the mother of a transgender student here yesterday. We need to know this.
DEVOS: Congressman, I was pleased to approve every state’s ESSA plan, and I did not approve any plans that did not comply completely with the law. And we are now in the monitoring phase and continue to ensure that states comply with the law and . . . DEVOS: Again, sir, we continue to monitor the states as they implement their ESSA plans to make sure they are compliant with all aspects of the law . . .
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