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Floor SpeechUrgent2025-02-06

PROTECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Joe Neguse
Joe Neguse
DCO-2 · Representative
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On Wed Feb 05, Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO-2) delivered a floor speech titled "PROTECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION" in the House. The speech addressed the environment and also covered education, agriculture.

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PROTECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2025)] [House] [Page H537] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] PROTECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (Mr. NEGUSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.) Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, recent reports suggest that President Trump may attempt to dismantle the Department of Education unilaterally. An executive order of this nature would be catastrophic for the tens of millions of students and teachers in schools across our Nation, including in the great State of Colorado. It would undercut support for children learning to read and write. It would, in my view, scrap key programs for high school students looking to get their college degree and abandon hardworking educators, schools, and students in rural and low-income communities. Mr. Speaker, any effort to unilaterally dismantle this department would be clearly unconstitutional and unlawful. House Democrats will use every tool available to us to stop it. ____________________
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