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1. Betsy DeVos

   Elisabeth Dee DeVos (; née Prince; born January 8, 1958) is the 11th and current United States Secretary of Education since 2017. DeVos is known for her support for school choice, school voucher programs, and charter schools. She was Republican National Committeewoman for Michigan from 1992 to 1997 and served as chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 1996 to 2000, with reelection to the post in 2003. She has advocated for the Detroit charter school system and she is a former member of the board of the Foundation for Excellence in Education. She has served as chair of the board of the Alliance for School Choice and the Acton Institute and headed the All Children Matter PAC.DeVos is married to former Amway CEO Dick DeVos. Her brother, Erik Prince, a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, is the founder of Blackwater USA. Their father is Edgar Prince, founder of the Prince Corporation. In 2016, the family was listed by Forbes as the 88th-richest in America, with an estimated net worth of $5.4 billion.On November 23, 2016, then-President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate DeVos to serve as Secretary of Education in his administration. On January 31, following strong opposition to the nomination from Democrats, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions approved her nomination on a party-line vote, sending her nomination to the Senate floor. On February 7, 2017, she was confirmed by the Senate by a 51–50 margin, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking the tie in favor of her nomination. This was the first time in U.S. history that a Cabinet nominee's confirmation was decided by the Vice President's tiebreaking vote.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of betsy devos in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of betsy devos in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of betsy devos in a Sentence

1. Betsy DeVos:

   I love Special Olympics Education Betsy DeVos, I have given a portion of my salary to Special Olympics. I hope all of this debate encourages lots of private contributions to Special Olympics.

2. Betsy DeVos:

   I would call it an elite public school system in America -- offered families a so-called' choice' for this fall, and their springtime attempt at distance learning was a disaster. I give this as an example because things like this can not happen again in the fall. It would fail America's students, and it would fail taxpayers who pay high taxes for their education, covid hits all of us, and the guidelines for 6 feet social distancing simply mean that Betsy DeVos can't put every kid back in a school with the existing square footage footprint. It's just that simple.

3. Miguel Cardona:

   Many of these borrowers have waited a long time for relief, and Betsy Devos need to work swiftly to render decisions for those whose claims are still pending.

4. Patty Murray:

   It speaks volumes that instead of proposing steps to help students afford college and pay back their student loans, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to gut hundreds of billions of dollars in financial aid and perpetuate our nation's student debt crisis.

5. Elizabeth Warren:

   My secretary of education will be someone who has taught in public school, Betsy DeVos need not apply.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Devos