5 Takeaways From Education Secretary Nominee Linda McMahon’s Confirmation Hearing

McMahon said student loans, special education funding, and grants for low-income schools would be streamlined but not cut under her leadership.

Nominee for Secretary of Education Linda McMahon testifies during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on Feb. 13, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

At her confirmation hearing, just days after President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) embarked on deep cuts to the Department of Education, Linda McMahon, the president’s pick for secretary of education, was asked how a federal agency on the chopping block could continue to serve the majority of K–12 and university students across America.

McMahon appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in Washington on Feb. 13.