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Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) denounced Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos for stonewalling their request for information about the millions of dollars in unpaid campaign finance violation fines owed by her political action committee, All Children Matter. As the senators noted, DeVos has failed to ensure payment of the record $5.3 million fine for illegal campaign finance activities by her PAC dating back to 2008, and she has refused to answer multiple Senate inquiries into the matter ahead of her confirmation hearing this afternoon.
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Democratic Senators Call Attention to DeVos' Stonewalling of Information on Campaign Finance Violations
Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) denounced Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos for stonewalling their request for information about the millions of dollars in unpaid campaign finance violation fines owed by her political action committee, All Children Matter. As the senators noted, DeVos has failed to ensure payment of the record $5.3 million fine for illegal campaign finance activities by her PAC dating back to 2008, and she has refused to answer multiple Senate inquiries into the matter ahead of her confirmation hearing this afternoon.
Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) denounced Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos for stonewalling their request for information about the millions of dollars in unpaid campaign finance violation fines owed by her political action committee, All Children Matter. As the senators noted, DeVos has failed to ensure payment of the record $5.3 million fine for illegal campaign finance activities by her PAC dating back to 2008, and she has refused to answer multiple Senate inquiries into the matter ahead of her confirmation hearing this afternoon.
Wnited States Senate
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
January 17,2017
Senator Lamar Alexander Senator Patty Murray
Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on
Education, Labor and Pensions Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
428 Dirksen Senate Office Building 428 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510
Dear Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray:
Enclosed are copies of letters sent to Secretary-designate DeVos on December 12 and January 6
addressing the record $5.3 million fine her political action committee received in 2008 that
remains unpaid. Mrs. DeVos has not responded to either letter.
While not all senators will agree on what issues are relevant in considering a nominee’s fitness
for office, we believe everyone can agree that nominees should be responsive to inquiries made
in furtherance of our constitutional duty to provide advice and consent, Unfortunately, Mrs.
DeVos has not only refuused to ensure that her organization pays fines for campaign finance law
violations, but she has also refused to answer questions about the incident posed by five senators,
including a member of your committee.
Mrs. DeVos’ hearing is scheduled for today at 5:00 p.m. We ask that you direct her to either
ensure the entire fine is paid to the state of Ohio or that she provide substantive responses to our
letter of January 6 prior to a vote on her nomination in your committee.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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