Sec. Linda McMahon GETS CHECKED By Sen. Tammy Baldwin In Tense Senate Hearing
Senator Tammy Baldwin directly confronted Education Secretary Linda McMahon during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing over the Trump administration's effort to move Department of Education programs and staff into other federal agencies.
Baldwin pressed McMahon on whether anything had actually been "returned" to states like Wisconsin, arguing that schools and districts already had authority over major education decisions. She then challenged the logic of sending education programs, including programs affecting K-12 students, teacher training, student mental health, and after-school funding, through agencies like the Department of Labor and Health and Human Services.
The exchange escalated when Baldwin cut
McMahon off and accused the administration of making the system more complicated for states and local school districts, not simpler. McMahon defended the move as a kind of interagency "merger," but Baldwin pointed to grant-management problems, Head Start delays, and disputed funding timelines.
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