Senator grills acting education secretary over agency overreach

March 10, 2016

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn grilled the department’s acting secretary, Dr. John B. King, about a non-legally binding document issued by the department that has actually carried the force of law. “We do believe that equitable resolution means preponderance of the evidence—” King began to say before Alexander interrupted. “Well who gave you the right to believe that?” Alexander said.

washingtonexaminer.com By Ashe Schow