Sen. Jack Reed corrected Education Secretary Linda McMahon's math during a budget hearing. McMahon misstated the 10-year cost of education programs as "over a trillion dollars," when the actual ...

During a budget hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 3, 2025, Senator Jack Reed grilled Secretary of ...

But Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., didn’t let either of them slide on the faulty math. “I’m not a great mathematician, but I think you were talking about $1 trillion ? I believe $1.5 billion times ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon was tripped up several times during a Senate budget hearing on Tuesday, including when she awkwardly whiffed softball questions from Republican lawmakers.

Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed corrected President Donald Trump’s education secretary for overshooting the cost of a federal program she wants to gut by $985 billion. Education Secretary Linda ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon testified on Capitol Hill on June 3 ... Another awkward moment in the hearing came when Democratic Senator Jack Reed also schooled McMahon on some math when it ...

Secretary of Education nodded along as senator mistakenly said $1.58 million over 10 years was ‘over a trillion’ ...

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon was given a math lesson during a Senate hearing on Tuesday when Senator Jack Reed pointed out that $1.5 multiplied by 10 is not “over a trillion dollars ...

The push is setting off alarms from both sides of the aisle. “You’re shirking educational opportunity in the United States for a whole generation and more,” said Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.).

Sen. John Kennedy's math capabilities called into question after he claimed gov. spent over a trillion dollars in last 10+ years on education grants.

Linda McMahon, secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, testified to a Senate subcommittee last week. She was unprepared. When asked specific questions about the number and status of civil ...

Here's what happened: Jack Reed corrects Linda McMahon's math during Education Department budget hearing . The moment happened as McMahon was discussing significant proposed cuts to two federal ...