Senator Dick Durbin Tells Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Planned Cuts To Special Olympics Get 'Gold Medal For Insensitivity'

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(CBS) -- Amid revelations that the Trump administration would be proposing eliminating all funding for the Special Olympics, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin chastised Secretary Betsy DeVos, saying the idea deserved a "Special Olympic gold medal for insensitivity." She gave remarks during a hearing before a Senate education panel where she once again defended her agency's budget.