{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-warren-highlights-impact-of-education-departments-dismantling-on-students-calls-on-congress-to-act", "ICYMI: Warren Highlights Impact of Education Department\u2019s Dismantling on Students, Calls on Congress to Act", "2025-12-16", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "MA", "Elizabeth Warren", "W000817", "www.warren.senate.gov", "warren", "https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "ICYMI: Warren Highlights Impact of Education Department\u2019s Dismantling on Students, Calls on Congress to Act\n\nWarren: \u201cNo nation is a great nation if it shortchanges its children.\u201d\n\nVideo of Exchange (YouTube)\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), in a forum held by Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) titled \u201cDismantling Education: What the Trump Administration\u2019s Illegal Attacks on Federal Programs Mean for Students, Families, and Educators,\u201d highlighted the impacts of Education Secretary Linda McMahon\u2019s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education (ED) on students and pushed for Congress to act.\n\n\u201cThe Trump administration\u2019s attempts to dismantle the Education Department are an attack on public education and public schools,\u201d said Senator Warren. \u201cI\u2019m fighting to ensure every kid, no matter their zip code or how much money their family makes, has a shot at a quality education.\u201d\n\nLast month, Secretary McMahon announced plans to further dismantle ED by moving multiple responsibilities of the agency to four other federal departments\u2014including by moving the administration of Title I funding, which provides $18 billion annually to K-12 schools, to the Department of Labor. Ms. Rachel Gittleman, Local 252 American Federation of Government Employees President, warned of \u201cchaos and harm\u201d if the transfer proceeds. She explained that earlier this year, Career and Technical Education programs were moved to the Department of Labor, leading to significant delays, turmoil for grantees, and uncertainty for students.\n\nSenator Warren also criticized the Trump administration\u2019s attempt to fire nearly every person working in the special education office at the Department of Education. Mr. Chad Rummel, Executive Director of the Council for Exceptional Children, emphasized ongoing \u201cimminent threats\u201d to the Office of Special Education, warning that ED was planning to soon transfer this office as well.\n\nMs. Denise Forte, President and CEO of The Education Trust, stressed that Congress must ensure that upcoming appropriations bills contain provisions blocking programs from being transferred out of ED. Ms. Forte's organization recently led a letter alongside over 80 education and civil rights groups urging Congress to \u201creclaim its authority and prevent this unprecedented and drastic transfer of authority.\u201d\n\nSenator Warren concluded the hearing by encouraging \u201ceverybody who cares about this issue\u201d to push for Congress to block the dismantling of ED through the appropriations process, stating, \u201cNo nation is a great nation if it shortchanges its children.\u201d\n\nSenator Warren has led the fight to make our higher education system more affordable, cancel student loan debt, and hold student loan servicers accountable for incompetence and malfeasance. She launched the Save Our Schools campaign in a coordinated effort to fight back against President Trump\u2019s attempts to abolish the Department of Education.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-warren-highlights-impact-of-education-departments-dismantling-on-students-calls-on-congress-to-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6494691371917725, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}