Sanders, Dems want Trump's Education pick to pay a $5.3 million fine
Sanders, Dems want Trump's Education pick to pay a $5.3 million fine
Jordain Carney
The Hill
Sens. Tom Udall (N.M.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Ed Markey (Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to DeVos, a conservative donor, asking her to pay a nearly decade-old fine of more than $5.3 million.
DeVos previously ran All Children Matter, a school-choice PAC that ran afoul of Ohio election laws. The PAC was fined more than $5.3 million by the Ohio Elections Commission after it contributed $870,000 to its Ohio affiliate, even after the commission warned in an advisory opinion that any contribution over $10,000 would break the law.
"If confirmed as Secretary of Education, you would be responsible for administering our nation’s student loan programs and ensuring that borrowers repay their loans in a timely manner," the senators wrote. "However, the PAC that you chaired failed to pay fines that were imposed on it over eight years ago."
The Democrats added in their letter that the "blatant disregard for the law that your PAC demonstrated is deeply troubling."
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