Elizabeth Warren Questions Betsy Devos | ABC News

through Warren Thank You mr. chairman is the only other party to the so called precedent of we don't have a second round I asked my staff to actually pull the record from the hearing we had with King and you said when you called on me I think we have time for a second round senator Warren you can be the first in the second round just turns out I was the only one who stayed and had questions so I that's why we had time I understood that that precedent meant that anybody who had questions for a second round could stay and ask them and while we're doing precedent I also understand that the president was that President Obama's nominees that came before this committee had all filled out their ethics forms and that those were available before we had a hearing so that we would have a chance to ask questions about them in public so I'm a little confused about what precedent means here mr. boss many of my Democratic colleagues have pointed out your lack of experience in k-12 public schools but I'd like to ask you about your qualifications for leading the nation on Higher Education the Department of Education is in charge of making sure that the hundred and fifty billion dollars that we invest in students each year gets into the right hands and that students have the support they need to be able to pay back their student loans the Secretary of Education is essentially responsible for managing a trillion-dollar student loan bank and distributing thirty billion dollars in Pell grants to students each year the financial futures of an entire generation of young people depend on your department getting that right now mrs. DeVos do you have any direct experience in running a bank senator I do not how do you have you ever managed or overseen a trillion dollar loan program I have not how about a billion dollar loan program I have not okay so no experience me managing a program like this how about participating in one I think it's important for the person who is in charge of our financial aid programs to understand what it's like for students and their families who are struggling to pay for college this is DeVos have you ever taken out a student loan from the federal government to help pay for college I have not have any of your children had to borrow money in order to go to college they have been fortunate not to have you had any personal experience with the Pell grant on that personal experience but certainly friends and students with whom I've warned you have a no personal experience with college financial aid or management of higher education mrs. DeVos then let's start with the basics do you support protecting federal taxpayer dollars from waste fraud abuse absolutely oh good so do I because now we all know that president-elect Trump's experience with higher education was to create a fake University which resulted in his paying a twenty five million dollars to students that he cheated so I'm curious about how the Trump administration would protect against waste fraud and abuse at similar for-profit colleges so here's my question how do you plan to protect taxpayer dollars from waste fraud and abuse by colleges that take in millions of dollars in federal student aid senator if confirmed I will certainly be very vigilant I'm asked people how I did well how are you thinking that you said your committee the individuals with whom I work in the department will ensure that federal monies are used properly inappropriately and I will look forward to working with you're going to subcontract making sure that what happened with universities that cheat students doesn't happen anymore no I didn't you're going to give that to someone else to do I just want to know what your ideas are for making sure we don't have problems with waste fraud and abuse I I want to make sure we don't have problems with that as well or infirmed I will work diligently to ensure that we are addressing any of those issues well let me make a suggestion on this it actually turns out that their whole group of rules that are already written and are there and all you have to do is enforce them so what I want to know is will you commit to enforce these rules to ensure that no Career College receives federal funds unless they can prove that they are actually preparing their students for gainful employment and not cheating them senator I will commit to ensuring that institutions which receive federal funds are actually serving their students well and so you will enforce the gainful employment rule to make sure that these Career Colleges are not cheating students we will certainly review that rule you'll review it and not in committees and enforce it and see that it is actually achieving what the intentions are I don't understand about reviewing it we talked about this in my office there are already rules in place to stop waste fraud and abuse and I don't understand how you can not be sure about enforcing them you know swindlers and crooks are out there doing backflips when they hear an answer like this if confirmed you will be the cop on the beat and if you can't commit to use the tools that are already available to you in the Department of Education then I don't see how you can be the Secretary of Education and I look forward to having a second round of questions

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Length: 5min 48sec (348 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 18 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/Commonpleas]

Devos knows she's in over her head. Accepting a position for which you are unqualified is the first corrupt act one commits.

[u/ibarelyusethis87]

I remember this! So badass.

[u/typicallydownvoted]

When was this? On mobile and don't see a date

[u/bobbyfiend]

DeVos is the perfect symbol for a rich person with very strong opinions, massive personal conflict of interest, and zero qualifications being put in charge of the well-being of millions of less powerful people.

She's almost the worst possible person to be put in charge of the Department of Education.

[u/ReflexImprov]

Empathy vs. sociopathy.