Abolish the Department of Education

The Daily Caller reports, “Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie has reintroduced H.R. 899 for the 118th Congress, which seeks to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.

I have introduced a bill to terminate the Department of Education.

There is no Constitutional authority for this federal bureaucracy to exist. pic.twitter.com/xKWHgPfVnq — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) February 14, 2023

‘I have introduced a bill to terminate the Department of Education. There is no Constitutional authority for this federal bureaucracy to exist,’ Massie wrote Feb. 14 on Twitter.

Massie previously introduced H.R. 899 during the 117th Congress in February 2021. The bill ran a single sentence: ‘The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2022.’

Unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. should not be in charge of our children’s intellectual and moral development!https://t.co/uST5cEKYx5

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) February 14, 2023

‘Unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. should not be in charge of our children’s intellectual and moral development,’ Massie said in a press release for the bill’s introduction in 2021. ‘States and local communities are best positioned to shape curricula that meet the needs of their students. Schools should be accountable. Parents have the right to choose the most appropriate educational opportunity for their children, including home school, public school, or private school.”

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