Capitol Lens | Low chair

By Bill Clark

Posted April 28, 2026 at 3:40pm

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon reacts to her chair being much lower than expected as she takes her seat at the witness table on Tuesday for a Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

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