Senate Committee Approves Education Under Secretary Nominee

Trump nominee to lead MSHA advances after committee vote

The next vote on who will lead MSHA will come on the Senate floor.(Roxy Todd / WVTF)The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (or HELP) Committee voted to approve seven of President Trump’s nominees to lead federal agencies. This includes the nomination of Wayne Palmer to head the Mine Safety and Health Administration, or MSHA.All 12 Republicans on the HELP committee voted to approve the nominees at a meeting Thursday, and all 11 Democra…

Senate Committee Approves Education Under Secretary Nominee

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted to approve Nicholas Kent as under secretary of education, the top job in the country for higher education policy and oversight, by a narrow 12-to-11 vote. The Senate will hold a final confirmation vote at a later date. Kent, a former Virginia deputy secretary of education, is a vocal critic of the Biden administration and a former lobbyist for for-profit colleges and trade …