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.
aware that a senate held a confirmation, and is this unprecedented? it s unique but not totally unprecedented. we saw in the bush administration rod page s education secretary had a hearing a full week before he turned his paperwork in and the senate labor committee had that clear after the ethics committee went out and it s still important for the paperwork to go through and particularly for democrats who do not have a lot of tools, and democrats don t have a lot of tools at their disposal. the ethics hearings are important. if you remember, president obama had to let go of tom daschle because his paperwork revealed he had not paid some of the taxes and had to back out of the process. it has failed nominees in the
doesn t quite hold water because from all that i ve read, bain capital was no worse than other private equity firms. but when you start looking around, you see a lot of private equity firms after a government service. this is just a little just former reagan defensecarlucci, bush, vice president dan quail, president bill clinton, clinton energy secretary, it goes on, white house chiefs of staff. george stefanopolis, house speaker newt gingrich, new york city mayor, john snow, rod page. these here are public officials who work at private equity firms before joining government. the obama jobs council member
massachusetts, from fiscal year 03 to 04 had the second largers per pupil cut in the united states of the. the fund mbls of what he talked about today,er second greater knows that having fewer students in the class is going to be better for that student, you ll get better attention from your teachers, specialized kind of services that elementary school students need to perform at a high level in a classroom. so i mean, i have no idea what he s talking about. and if you want to come to philadelphia and talk about education, or if you want to talk about issues in a presidential campaign, then your record is going to be examined. president obama actually has a record. i m strongly supporting him, mitt romney doesn t and i m not going to allow him or his folks come to our town and try to dupe people into thinking that he actually knows something about education. right. lily, mitt romney has appointed rod page as his special advisor
united states of the. the fund mbls of what he talked about today,er second greater knows that having fewer students in the class is going to be better for that student, you ll get better attention from your teachers, specialized kind of services that elementary school students need to perform at a high level in a classroom. so i mean, i have no idea what he s talking about. and if you want to come to philadelphia and talk about education, or if you want to talk about issues in a presidential campaign, then your record is going to be examined. president obama actually has a record. i m strongly supporting him, mitt romney doesn t and i m not going to allow him or his folks come to our town and try to dupe people into thinking that he actually knows something about education. right. lily, mitt romney has appointed rod page as his special advisor on education, this is a man who described your union as, and i m quoting him, a terrorist