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Elizabeth Warren: “This is illegal. Congress already passed the laws on this.”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Save Our Schools: Warren Highlights Impact of Education Department's Dismantling on Students

Published | Video Starts at 00:27

So last month, Secretary of education Linda McMahon announced her big attack on our public schools. She's shipping huge chunks of the Department of Education off to four other federal agencies. Now. Now, make no mistake, This is illegal. Congress already passed the laws on this. Every one of the programs that's moving out of the Department of Education specifically says we have allocated the money for a program in the Department of Education, not in whatever random other place secretary McMahon decides to put it. (00:27–00:32)

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Asserts that the transfer of Department of Education programs is illegal based on existing laws.

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