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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/
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letter
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to-senate-committee-on
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rex
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tillersons
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exxon
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funding-for-alec
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Exxon Illegally Funded ALEC Under Tillerson’s Tenure
,
CMD Tells Committee
]</h3>
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/
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devos
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legacy
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crumbling
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schools
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poisoned
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water
/
The DeVos Legacy: Crumbling Schools
,
Poisoned Water
]</h3>
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[[Image:
Rex_Tillerson_at_IHS_Energy_Week200px
.jpg|200 px|right|frame|<center>Rex Tillerson</center>]]'
''Written Statement
of
Lisa Graves on Behalf of the Center for Media and Democracy Submitted
to
the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations''
'
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[[Image:
Betsy-DeVos-hearing-200px
.jpg|200 px|right|frame|<center>Rex Tillerson</center>]]
Donald Trump
'
s pick for Secretary
of
Education, Betsy DeVos, wants America
to
believe she
'
s all about giving parents
the
right
to
choose what's best for their children
.
But her radical policies and politics have left a legacy of crumbling schools and poisoned water in her home state
of
Michigan that parents neither asked for nor wanted
.
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''Hearing on
the
Nomination of Rex Tillerson
to
Be U
.
S. Secretary
of
State
.
''
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Dear Chairman Corker, Ranking Member Cardin
and
Members
of
the Committee:
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Billionaire DeVos—who has [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/12/08/a-sobering-look-at-what-betsy-devos-did-to-education-in-michigan-
and
-what-she-might-do-as-secretary-
of
-education/?utm_term=.516032584691 no relevant education experience]
and
never attended public school—won
the nomination
by virtue
of
her family being one
of the
largest soft money contributors
to
the Republican National Committee and the dominant political force
in
Michigan, where Trump's razor
-
thin margin helped him clinch his Electoral College victory
. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/
19
/
devos
-
legacy
-
crumbling
-
schools
-
poisoned
-
water
/ here].
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The Center for Media
and
Democracy (CMD) would like to bring your attention a matter of serious concern regarding
the nomination of
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be U.S. Secretary
of
State. We would also respectfully request that this letter be included in
the
hearing record on his nomination, which we oppose.
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For more than a decade under Mr. Tillerson’s tenure, Exxon has poured millions of dollars into nonprofit organizations in order
to
undermine public confidence
in
climate science and promote its anti
-
regulatory agenda
. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/
11
/
letter-to-senate-committee-on-rex
-
tillersons
-
exxon
-
funding
-
for
-
alec
/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/
10
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cmd
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opposes
-
confirming
-
sessions
-
attorney
-
general
/
CMD Opposes Confirming Sessions to Be Attorney General
]</h3>
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/
17
/
seema
-
verma
-
trump
-
pick
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medicaid
-
medicare
/
Seema Verma: Trump's Pick for Medicaid and Medicare Cashes In on "Reform"
]</h3>
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[[Image:
Jeff-Sessions-Make
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Mexico-great-CCBYSA2.0-gage-skidmore-2016-200px
.jpg|200 px|right|frame|<center>
Jeff Sessions<br><small>Image:Gage Skidmore CC BY SA 2.0</small>
<center>]]
'''Written Statement of Lisa Graves
on
Behalf of
the
Center for Media and Democracy Submitted to the U
.
S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary'''
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[[Image:
Seema
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verma200px
.jpg|200 px|right|frame|<center>
Seema Verma
<center>]]
While Trump repeatedly said
on the
[https://twitter
.
com/realdonaldtrump/status/596338364187602944 campaign trail] that he will not cut Social Security Medicare or Medicaid, he plans
to
put opponents
of
these programs in key positions in his administration.
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''Hearing on the Nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions
to
Be Attorney General
of
the United States''
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Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Leahy, and Members of the Committee:
−
I respectfully submit this statement for
the
record in opposition
to the
confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions
to
be
the
84th Attorney General of
the
United States
.
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Congressman Tom Price, Trump's pick to head
the
Department of Health and Human Services, is a leading proponent of changes
to
Medicare. He has supported raising
the
eligibility age, which would leave more seniors without health care options, and he wants
to
[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/us/politics/tom-price-secretary-health-and-human-services.html privatize the program] with vouchers, which would lose value over time and shift more costs onto seniors and
the
disabled. He also wants to cap Medicaid assistance to states, likely to result in states reducing services to
the
most needy–often very low-income families with kids
.
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Confirmation is
a
privilege, not a right–even
for
a sitting United States Senator
. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/
10
/
cmd
-
opposes
-
confirming
-
sessions
-
attorney
-
general
/ here].
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One of his top officers will be the CEO of
a
company that has been cashing in on the Medicaid "reform" schemes she has designed
for
states
. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/01/
17
/
seema
-
verma
-
trump
-
pick
-
medicaid
-
medicare
/ here].
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