And so I would expect to be talking today more about how we are ensuring that the Office of Civil Rights is properly staffed and resourced. The Trump administration has taken the opposite approach, intending to gut not only the Office for Civil Rights by firing staff, closing regional offices and freezing OCR cases, but also by intending to dismantle the entire Department of Education. During her confirmation process, I pressed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon about whether she would commit to using appropriated funds provided to the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights … (01:38–02:02)
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