Betsy DeVos

“If taxpayer money were limitless, we wouldn't need a budget at all.”

“I will not be conflicted. Period. I commit that to you all.”

“The media has had its fun with me.”

“Discrimination in any form is wrong. I don't support discrimination in any form.”

“I greatly appreciate being asked to be part of President-elect Trump's team and I will continue to enthusiastically support him and his agenda for American renewal.”

“No child's dream should be limited by the quality, or lack thereof, of the education they receive.”

“We must first listen, then speak - with humility - to genuinely hear the perspectives of those with whom we don't immediately or instinctively agree.”

“I consider protecting all students, including LGBTQ students, not only a key priority for the Department, but for every school in America.”

“If you ask any of my kids today what their most important experience was in their education, they would say it was the travel and the ability to see and be in other cultures.”

“My family is the largest single contributor of soft money to the national Republican Party.”

“If you don't live in an area with good public schools, you can move to a different place if you have the financial means to do so.”

“We knew we had the resources to send our kids to whatever school was best for them.”

“When we had segregated schools and when we had a time when, you know, girls weren't allowed to have the same kind of sports teams - I mean, there have been important inflection points for the federal government to get involved in some of the areas around protecting students and ensuring safe environments for them - there is a role to play.”

“We, as a society, will benefit from the interest young people show beginning at first, second, and third grades. As a result, there's great promise in the future.”

“If the question is around gun violence and the results of that, please know that my heart bleeds and is broken for those families that have lost any individual due to gun violence.”

“I'm proud to stand beside you as a partner and support Special Olympics - an important program that promotes leadership and empowers students to be agents of change.”

“We should celebrate the fact that, unlike some countries in the world, the United States makes promises that we will never send any student away from our schools.”

“It could be easy to get frustrated or discouraged when it comes to educating students with disabilities. But that's because there are too often artificial barriers and roadblocks that limit your ability to focus on meeting their individual needs.”

“It would be fine with me to have myself worked out of a job, but I'm not sure that - I'm not sure that there will be a champion movement in Congress to do that.”

“I can assure you I have never made decisions on my mother's behalf on her foundation's board.”