GOP moves to dismantle Education Department after confirming DeVos
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a bill that is only one page long and says only that the Department of Education would terminate on Dec. 31, 2018.
On the very same day that Betsy DeVos became the Education Secretary after a long and bitter confirmation battle that required a historic tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence, a House Republican introduced a bill that would abolish the agency that she has now been confirmed to head.
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a bill that is only one page long and says only that the Department of Education would terminate on Dec. 31, 2018.
Massie introduced the bill because of a belief that education and schools must be handled on a state and local level, believing that more localized government will have a better idea as to the needs of the students in their area.
“Unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. should not be in charge of our children’s intellectual and moral development. States and local communities are best positioned to shape curricula that meet the needs of their students,” Massie said in a statement.
Seven other Republicans have already signed onto the bill: House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (Utah) and Reps. Justin Amash(Mich.), Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Jody Hice (Ga.), Walter Jones (N.C.) and Raúl Labrador (Idaho).
It looks like the fight over the Department of Education is only just starting.
