Education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos questioned on Capitol Hill

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President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary was on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Billionaire Betsy DeVos faced the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. One of the members on that committee, Sen. Bernie Sanders, had tough questions for DeVos. Things got especially tense when Sen. Al Franken confronted her on the problem of student debt in America.

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