Patty Murray in Trump campaign vs. Trump administration

On Education: Foster educational inclusion as America grows more diverse

"While the law is clear and unchanged--that diversity is a compelling government interest that permits race conscious admission--retracting this guidance will make it more challenging for school districts and colleges to understand your Departments' enforcement of the law to ensure the institution is in compliance," the 21 senators wrote, led by Patty Murray & Dianne Feinstein.

They continued: "As our country continues to grow more diverse, we need policies that foster diversity and inclusion, not suppress them." The information the Democrats want include who Sessions and DeVos consulted before making the decision to revoke the guidance and a list of the complaints of discrimination based on race or ethnicity from schools closed by the Department of Education.

On Education: Forgive student loans if college goes bankrupt

[After a lawsuit], about 15,000 people have been flagged by the Education Department as eligible. About $80 million of the $150 million debt is attributed to the now-defunct Corinthian schools.

"This is a good first step, but it's not good enough," said Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Education Committee. She called on DeVos to "abandon her attempts to rewrite the borrower defense rule to let for-profit colleges off the hook and instead fully implement the current rule and provide relief to more than 100,000 borrowers who were cheated out of their education and savings."