Shutting Down the U.S. Education Department
Legislation to shut down the controversial and unconstitutional U.S. Department of Education was introduced in Congress on February 7 by Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a leading constitutional conservative. The bill, H.R. 899, would help President Donald Trump follow through on campaign statements suggesting his desire to abolish the department, as well as the Obama-backed “Common Core” school standards. The legislation was introduced on the same day U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was confirmed by the Senate.
The bill is literally only one sentence long, at least for now. “The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2018,” reads the text of the legislation. What would happen then with the dizzying array of unconstitutional federal “education” programs, statutes, and decrees was not immediately clear. But sources on Capitol Hill said the focus was on getting the ball rolling, with the details to be nailed down later.
The bill was introduced with a good number of cosponsors, all of them among the more liberty-minded wing of the Republican Party, who take their oath to the U.S. Constitution seriously. Among the original cosponsors are congressmen Justin Amash (R-Mich.), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Jody Hice (R-Ga.), Walter Jones (R-N.C.), and Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho). It was referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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