[House Document 119-58]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




119th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 119-58

 
 REPLACEMENT OF ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL AT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  A NOTIFICATION OF THE INTENTION TO DESIGNATE HEIDI SEMANN AS ACTING 
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, PURSUANT TO 5 U.S.C. 
    403(b); ADDED BY PUBLIC LAW 117-286, SEC. 3(b); (136 STAT. 4209)




    June 5, 2025.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and ordered to be printed
 
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             U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
 59-011            WASHINGTON : 2025
 
 
 
To the Congress of the United States:
    I am hereby notifying the Congress that I intend to 
designate Heidi Semann (currently Senior Special Agent with the 
Office of the Inspector General for the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial 
Protection Bureau) as Acting Inspector General of the 
Department of Education, in place of the current Acting 
Inspector General, Rene Rocque. Such designation will be 
effective no less than 30 days from delivery of this message.
    The Constitution vests ``the executive Power'' in the 
President, who has a duty to ``take Care that the Laws be 
faithfully executed.'' U.S. Const., Art. II, Sec. 1, cl. 1; id. 
at Sec. 3. In exercising that power and duty, I have determined 
that, based on the qualities outlined in 5 U.S.C. 403(a) and 
the confidence I must place in my appointees, Ms. Semann is the 
best available person to serve as Acting Inspector General of 
the Department of Education at this time. In my judgment, Ms. 
Rocque can better serve the Nation performing other duties 
(i.e., returning to her position as Deputy Inspector General of 
the Department of Education).
    I am providing this notification as a courtesy, a show of 
comity and respect between the executive and legislative 
branches. It should not be interpreted as a concession that the 
Congress can limit my power to remove any officer. ``Because no 
single person could fulfill [the President's] 
responsibilit[ies] alone, the Framers expected that the 
President would rely on subordinate officers for assistance.'' 
Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 591 U.S. 
197, 203-204 (2020). And the Constitution gives the President 
``the authority to remove those who assist him in carrying out 
his duties.'' Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting 
Oversight Board, 561 U.S. 477, 513-514 (2010). ``Without such 
power, the President could not be held fully accountable for 
discharging his own responsibilities; the buck would stop 
somewhere else.'' Id. at 514.
    Ultimately, I have determined that the changed priorities 
of my Administration (as compared to the previous one) will be 
better reflected with new leadership in this Office. Therefore, 
I am apprising you of my intention to designate Ms. Semann as 
Acting Inspector General of the Department of Education, 
effective no less than 30 days from delivery of this message.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, June 4, 2025.