Mazie Hirono: “He's doing everything he can, mainly through executive…”

“… but he can do a lot of things to damage the programs of the department, to cut back the funding, to hold back funding, etc. So that's what he's doing. He's doing everything he can, mainly through executive orders, to undermine support for education. And this has led to numerous challenges in court against Trump's many executive orders. And while these court challenges play out, we are seeing the devastating consequences of these efforts to dismantle the Department of Education's programs.” (01:49–01:56)

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