Exclusive: Top lawmakers on the House Education and Workforce Committee are supporting President Donald Trump because he is willing to cancel the federal Department of Education, but lawmakers’ skeptical Congress can provide support.
Chairman Tim Walberg. “Whether we can abolish it is a problem”
He noted that the threshold for most legislation in the Senate, 60, means that if the department’s bill is repealed, the Republicans may be forced to seek a Democratic vote.
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House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg said he supported President Donald Trump’s efforts to abolish the Department of Education, but asked if Congress would support him. (Getty Image)
“It requires a vote. The president can execute orders, but the time frame and scope will be limited. I don’t think the votes will be abolished in the Senate completely,” Wahlberg said.
But Michigan Republicans have shown that Congress can still consider changes they can make.
“So, what can we do to get out of power, reform, replace in such a way that we temporarily make the system work? I think that’s our problem.”
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Linda McMahon is the new Secretary of Education. (Reuters/Mike Segar/File)
Trump is expected to sign an executive order to repeal the Department of Education, which conservative Republicans have pushed for years.
This was confirmed on Monday by his new Education Secretary Linda McMahon.
The department was created in 1980 in a modern form, and since then President Jimmy Carter has opened it with the current health and public services section.
House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed support for Trump’s impetus. (AP Photo/J. ScottApplewhite/file)
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.
“The more control we push education toward parents, the more control we have in the local school board and authorities, the better our lives will be,” Johnson said.
