Oppose Betsy DeVos – Secretary of Education Nominee

Oppose Betsy DeVos –Secretary of Education Nominee

Sample Script:
My name is __________ and I am calling to voice my opposition to Betsy DeVos as education secretary.  She is inexperienced, wants to do away with the public schools system, and doesn’t seem to know basic concepts and laws regarding education.  She would destroy our school system and increase costs for all of us.  I want to ask Senator _____________not to support her nomination.

Senators to Contact:
(Pick a few to call, particularly any that are your representatives)
Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions:
**Chair: Lamar Alexander—R-TN 202-244-4944
Republicans:
Johhny Isakson—R-GA 202-224-3643
Bill Cassidy—R_LA 202-224-5824
Pat Roberts—R-KS 202-224-4774
Michael Enzi—R-WY 202-224-3424
Rand Paul—R-KY 202-224-4343
Lisa Murkowski—R-AK 202-224-6665
Richard Burr—R-NC 202-224-3154
Susan Collins—R-ME 202-224-2523
Orrin Hatch—R-UT 202-224-5251
Tim Scott—R-SC 202-224-6121

Democrats:
**Patty Murray—D-WA(Ranking Mbr) 202-224-2621
Al Franken—D-MN 202-224-5641
Tammy Baldwin—D-WI 202-224-5653
Tim Kaine—D-VA 202-224-4024
Bernie Sanders—D-VT 202-224-5141
Michael Bennett—D-CO 202-224-5852
Christopher Murphy—D-CT 202-224-4041
Maggie Hassan—D-NH 202-224-3324
Robert Casey—D-PA 202-224-6324
Sheldon Whitehouse—D-RI 202-224-2921
Elizabeth Warren—D-MA 202-224-4543
Betsy DeVos, Trump’s controversial nominee for Education Secretary, would be a disaster for education:

• She wants to privatize public schools (get rid of them, you pay for a for-profit, unregulated charter school and you pay private school tuition).
  For profit = you pay more/no more “whole sale” cost for education.
• She doesn’t believe in enforcing standards to make sure private schools are meeting basic standards.
• She has no experience in public education (not teaching, working for, or even attending).
• She has no experience managing loans/grants (Edu. Sec. manages $1 trillion in loans,
  $30 billion in grants).
• She doesn’t appear to understand basic issues, concepts, or core debates in education
  (didn’t even understand all the terminology in her hearing).
• She thinks guns in school are ok. (what could go wrong?)
• She doesn’t think kids with disabilities should be guaranteed free/appropriate education by the federal government or know this was already a law.

Good Background Resource:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/11/27/whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-with-betsy-devos-as-education-secretary-two-scenarios/?utm_term=.4266a293031e