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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.
U.S. Democratic Congressional Representatives from Oregon Maxine Dexter, Suzanne Bonamici and Andreas Salinas were in attendance. Bonamici also spoke about the future of Medicaid during an event in Beaverton on Tuesday.
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."
He was one of tens of thousands of probationary employees fired under Trump in February, and one of about a dozen former and current employees of federal agencies who spoke to Oregon’s congressional Democrats at the town hall hosted by U.S. Sen Ron Wyden in a federal services office building.