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Linda McMahon: “We definitely did not shut down the Department of Civil…”

Featuring: Linda McMahon, Republican | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education | National

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'That Is Unacceptable': Chris Murphy Assails Linda McMahon For Cuts To Office Of Civil Rights

Published | Video Starts at 03:01

And am I wrong that the only reason that you're restarting anything at OCR is because the court is telling you you have to do it? Oh, you're clearly wrong about that. Senator, We definitely did not shut down the Department of Civil Rights at the Department of Education before I got there. And then the RIF happened, I think a week after I was sworn in. But the process had been in place to reduce greatly the Department of Education the number of people there under very stringent budgetary requirements that we were given. (03:01–03:11)

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