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>> there is nothing obscure to my family about the i.d.e.a. there is nothing obscure to most educators i know about the importance of educating all our children what i was trying to get at when i talked with ms. devos at the hearing was my concern about the fact that the voucher programs that she had supported made children with disabilities if they were to receive a voucher like kids without disabilities do it made those kids sign away their rights under the i.d.e.a. so i thought it was very important to get her perspective on why she thought that was okay and whether she would, as secretary ...

>> i do think there is that possibility. >> more concerning is her lack of qualifications. pointing to this response. >> i'm talking about the debate between proficiency and growth. not what your thoughts are on them. >> well, i was just asking to clarify then -- >> well, this is a subject that has been debated in the education community for years. >> devos's biggest stumble on guns in school. >> you can't say that guns shouldn't be in schools. >> i will refer back to senator ense and the school he was talking about in wyoming. i think probably there -- i would imagine that there's probably a ...

Pick betsy devos to lead education department. it's the most controversial confirmation hearing of the day. she's a prominent republican donor, reports school choice, voucher programs, but she's come under fire from teachers union for being in their view anti-public education. trump teamworking to fight off this criticism early. official tells me devos is a disrupter. they believe she's uniquely qualified for the job. just this morning out with an op-ed supporting devos for the pick. you've seen mitt romney come out in support of her, too. potential fireworks for her. just to mention lieutenan...

We're building out for the inauguration of the capitol. it's otherwise quite quiet but you may hear beeping and screw drivers and other things. and that's why. the betsy devos hearing is going to be the controversial one today. this hearing has already been e delay delayed. it was supposed to be sometime last week. that's partly because they didn't have her financial forms together. she is a billionaire. her family has been very involved financially in michigan politics. there have also been questions about ethics forums still not publicly available at the office of government ethics website. ...

In his ideas. he wants to privatize some of medicare. the speaker also wants to do that. donald trump during the campaign said he wouldn't privatize change medicare or social security for that matter. is there a split between what congressman price wants to do on medicare and what the president-elect wants to do? >> i think there is. what the president-elect has said, he is going to make sure we don't take away benefits. he is very concerned that we don't take away benefits. how we move forward over the next 20 or 30 years with an aging population and fewer people in the workforce is what we h...