McMahon has a limited background in education, and a long career as a business executive. She'd be stepping into an agency the president hopes to dissolve.

Linda McMahon, a Greenwich resident, has been nominated to lead an agency President Donald Trump hopes to eliminate.

The day before the U.S. Senate is set to consider the nomination of Linda McMahon as secretary of education, the president told reporters he wanted the department "closed immediately."

Senators pressed Linda McMahon on what it would look like if the Department of Education were dismantled and how she would enforce civil rights laws during her confirmation hearing to be education secretary Thursday.