[applause] ms. devos: that is one reason, one reason why we support restoring year-round pell grants. this commonsense solution will enable more students to further their education without taking on additional debt. [crowd jeering] ms. devos: i am at the table fighting on your behalf and on behalf of all students across the nation. i also want to acknowledge that we all arrive here today with different life experiences and different perspectives. i view that not as a negative, but as a gift. jeering]oing and devos: any time we meet someone new, we have two options. we can focus on differences that might divide us or we can choose to listen, to be receptive and to learn from others' experiences and perspectives. [crowd noise] in ms. devos: in my life i have endeavored to do the latter. and as you leave this arena today, i hope you too will choose this posture as you set out on this new and exciting stage of your life's adventure. i am here to celebrate you and all of your achievements. [crowd jeering] devo

[applause] ms. devos: your career is a personal inspiration to me. and the embodiment of b.c.u.'s motto. enter to learn, depart to serve. graduates, you have heeded the first charge this that motto. -- in that motto. and today you stand at the interval preceding the second. i challenge you to leave this arena faithful to completing this mission. the words are simple. yet powerful. depart to serve. it is good and right to pause today, to celebrate your individual successes. but after that reflection, i am confident you will find service more rewarding than anything else. in serving, you will always reap more than you sow. the degree conferred on you today is the culmination of time, energy and effort invested and knowledge, experience and skills gained. [crowd noise] ms. devos: however, the sum of your education here involves far more than sleepless nights spent cramming for a big exam, hours invested putting the finishing touches on papers, and time devoted to clubs, organizations and causes. the whole of

ms. devos: dr. jackson, board of trustees. thank you so very, very much for this great honor and privilege. [crowd booing] i'm honored to become a wildcat. and it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the bethune-cookman university class of 2017. congratulations to all of you. in addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today. parents, i'd like to ask all the moms who are here celebrating their graduates to stand right now and be recognized. moms, please stand up. and all the dads, please stand up. grandparents, family members, friends of graduates, thank you for your effort in getting them to this point. [crowd booing] first lady jackson, chairman, members of the board. and members of the administrative staff and faculty. and the entire bethune-cookman community. thank you for the important role you play in making today possible for all these students. mayor henry, thank you for those encouraging words. and you and state and local officials for being here today

ms. devos: dr. jackson, board of trustees. thank you so very, very much for his great honor and privilege. [crowd booing] i'm honored to become a wildcat. and it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the bethune-cookman university class of 2017. congratulations to all of you. in addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today. parents, i'd like to ask all the moms who are here celebrating their graduates to stand right now and be recognized. moms, please stand up. and all the dads, please stand up. grandparents, family members, friends of graduates, thank you for your effort in getting them to this point. [crowd booing] first lady jackson, chairman, members of the board. and members of the administrative staff and faculty. and the entire bethune-cookman community. thank you for the important role you play in making today possible for all these students. mayor henry, thank you for those encouraging words. nd you and state and local officials for being here today.

ms. devos: dr. jackson, board of trustees. thank you so very, very much for this great honor and privilege. [crowd booing] i'm honored to become a wildcat. and it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the bethune-cookman university class of 2017. congratulations to all of you. in addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today. parents, i'd like to ask all the moms who are here celebrating their graduates to stand right now and be recognized.

ms. devos: dr. jackson, board of trustees. thank you so very, very much for this great honor and privilege. [crowd booing] i'm honored to become a wildcat. and it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the bethune-cookman

ms. devos: dr. jackson, board of trustees. thank you so very, very much for his great honor and privilege. [crowd booing] i'm honored to become a wildcat. and it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we

is.ne i think it is saying that thee school -- as a matter of fact,t, it wasn't even a critique on ms. devos. as i said earlier, i'm a firm believer in the in the first amendment to the constitution. i think she had every right to speak. i think she could have done what dr. carson did when he was -- >> tucker: no one is contesting the right to speak. you are not contesting the right to speak and i'm not either. you are just saying that she shouldn't have because she's ont the wrong side of pell grants and white supremacy and whitein power got her there. i'm saying, look, you totally eliminate the possibility of a reasonable conversation when you say nonsense like this that you can't even define, you clearly don't understand, you are telling people to shut up. >> i think i clearly defined it for you.in i am not sure if you were listening, tucker. >> tucker: intently. >> i think i defined it for you. >> tucker: okay. i don't understand. i hope you will come back and fill me in. i appreciate you coming on. >> absolutely. >> tucker: thank you. >> tucker: sociologist charles murray recently tried

ms. devos: dr. jackson, board of trustees.ou so very, very much for this great honor and privilege. [crowd booing]

ms. roybal-allard. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and welcome, secretary devos. i want to go to a topic raised by the ranking member, how your department treats title i. i was disappointed to see your budget request includes focus grants, which is in essence a $1 billion title i portability proposal. this request for an unauthorized on proven carveout from title i is alarming in light of your million fromt $578 other parts of title i. title i portability was soundly rejected by congress during negotiations for every student succeeds act. during the debate surrounding essa, numerous nonpartisan experts and stakeholders ranging from the brookings institution to the association of school superintendents concluded that portability would result in more funding for wealthier school districts at the expense of former districts. oorer districts. in your view, should high poverty schools receive more funding resources than schools that have lower levels of poverty? sec. devos: congresswoman, yes, i think the reality is that they do receive higher levels of funding. if i c