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Dear John,
Finally, 46 years after its infamous creation by President Carter in 1979, the federal Department of Education (DOE) is facing an uncertain future. Republicans, including President Reagan as far back as 1980, have for decades TALKED about eliminating the DOE, but President Trump is the one now taking action.
In fact, there is no constitutionally justifiable role for the federal government to be involved in education. There is no specific authority for education granted to the federal government in the Constitution. The invasive, oppressive, intrusion by the federal government in education is a direct violation of the 10th Amendment, which reads: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respective, or to the people.”
The federal government doesn’t educate any students. The federal government simply confiscates hard-working tax-payer dollars, runs them through the most inefficient funnel in existence, and then doles out that money to the states as unelected bureaucrats see fit, with a massive amount of conditions, regulations, and mandates designed to achieve their left-wing, anti-American agenda.
Trillions have been spent – or wasted – with nothing to show for it, except declining academic achievement. The DOE has focused on diversity, equity and inclusion; critical race theory, the LGBT agenda, and COVID masks, vaccines, shutdowns, and remote “learning.” The DOE has operated in the interests of the national teachers’ unions, not the interests of parents and students. The DOE has fought against school choice and academic excellence.
I actually voted to abolish the DOE as recently as 2023, but unfortunately, 60 House “Republicans” joined all Democrats in voting against this measure. While President Trump and his administration can reduce the staff, rescind some of the spending, and transfer functions to other departments; it will take an act of Congress to officially eliminate the DOE. Otherwise, the next Democrat president can simply reverse President Trump’s policies.
NOW is the time for Speaker Johnson and House Republicans to pass legislation to place the nail in the DOE coffin. NOW is the time to turn rhetoric and campaign slogans into action. We must demand this from our representatives. It is time for the federal government to start operating within its constitutional boundaries. That includes ending its control of the “education” of our children.
To hear more about what Congress should be doing, please join me this Saturday, March 29, at 5 p.m. for a special event in Campbell County at the home of Paul & Beckie Nix at 53 Sleigh Ride Circle in Concord. Tickets can be purchased at the link below, and proceeds will help pay off my 2024 campaign debt and support my efforts to stay in the fight for our country.
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