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Ryan Walters: “D.C. bureaucrats are controlling our education system…”

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Ryan Walters Goes After the Pervasive DEI and Transgender Initiatives of the Left

Published July 31, 2026 | Video Starts at 14:51

… agency controlling your local schoolhouse from Washington, D.C. i mean, conceptually, it is so against the principles of the Constitution. And so what you see here is a situation where D.C. bureaucrats are controlling our education system through federal dollars, through federal strings. President Trump is 100% right. Eliminate the federal Department of Education, bring education back to the states. And states should do what we see so many red states doing. (14:51–15:05)

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Asserts that federal control over education is exerted through funding and regulations.

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