This Budget Is a Dream Killer: A Conversation with Rep. Suzanne Bonamici

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) is a longtime champion of public education, arts funding, and student equity. She's been fighting for Title IV-A - that vital program that helps schools fund things like music, art, technology, and school safety - for years. She literally ran for Congress to replace No Child Left Behind.

In this conversation, she breaks down how we got here, why the phrase “waste, fraud, and abuse” is a smokescreen, what’s actually at stake kids and schools if Title IV-A is gutted, and how all this ties back to bigger plans to defund and dismantle the Department of Education.