no, claiming devos has spent more time answering questions than either of president obama s education nominees. i think there s a reason for that. her answers don t feel like she knows enough. right? yeah. also yesterday the senate foreign relations committee narrowly approved rex tillerson s nomination for secretary of state last night. the vote was along party lines after early kept civil and sharp questioning of tillerson during his confirmation hearing, marco rubio ultimately voted in support. yesterday rubio said president trump deserved deference and it would be against national interest to have tillerson s confirmation unnecessarily delayed or embroiled in controversy. the washington post reports that ahead of the vote rubio received an onslaught of calls and texts, particularly from past owners in support of tillerson, but he denied undue pressure from the white house on his decision. you asked about the administration, i ve got to say,
i do want to put in the record that michael levitt had two rounds. he was never education secretary. rod page under bush had ten-minute rounds. there is other precedent. that s why my members are asking i appreciate that, senator murray, and i appreciate that. i m trying to be fair by treating mrs. devos in the same way we treated both president obama s education nominees. we ll go next to senator cassidy. mrs. devos pap thanks. good to see you again. i m really struck. the kind of reaction your nomination has elicited. so let me just ask some questions. do you support public education? absolutely, senator. man, that s amazing. you would think some would have us think that you do not.
appealed for a second round of questioning to betsy devos after five minutes each last week. but the chairman said no, devos spent more questions answering questions of either of president obama s education nominees. louis? i came out to read a statement and did it. we re here today, i m going to stay here as long as you want. i want to make sure we have a healthy relationship. i believe that we have to be honest with the american people. i think sometimes we can disagree with the facts. there are certain things that we may not fully understand when we come out, but our intention is never to lie to you, jonathan. our job is to make sure that you re in the same boat, there are times when you guys tweet something out or write a story and publish a correction. that doesn t mean that you were intentionally trying to deceive readers or the american people, does it? i think we should be awarded the same up opportunity.