Education
The young Hillsboro School District student vividly outlined her fears in a recent hand-written letter to U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, who read the letter aloud on the House floor Tuesday morning.
An act of Congress created the Department of Education and only Congress has the constitutional power to dismantle it. Trump's executive order represents an unprecedented and unconstitutional presidential overreach that, if left unchecked, will have dramatic and negative consequences on the structure of the American government and on democracy.
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici criticized actions by Donald Trump and Elon Musk targeting the Department of Education, stating, "Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to defund and dismantle public education. Their power grab is illegal and unconstitutional, and we won’t stand by and let them get away with it."