[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 40 (Monday, March 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1455]
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                      Nomination of Linda McMahon

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, before my colleagues vote on the next 
vote, Linda McMahon's nomination for Secretary of Education, they 
should remember that a vote for Mrs. McMahon is a vote for draconian 
cuts to education and rising property taxes for middle-class and 
suburban American families. That is why I am so proud that every 
Democrat will vote no to stand up for our schools, for our kids, for 
our teachers, for public education, and to prevent property taxes from 
going up further.
  Donald Trump is clear. He wants to eliminate the Department and push 
never-before-seen cuts to public schools. Mrs. McMahon will make that 
happen. Her whole background is anti-public schools.
  When you slash Federal funding for education, it leads to higher 
taxes back home. So many of our school districts--they could be urban, 
suburban, or rural--depend on Federal funding, and when you cut that, 
it leads to higher property taxes to make up for the loss of money. 
Communities will also be forced to slash other programs, including 
helping disabled kids, for funding for the schools. This is not what 
the American people want. This is not what they bargained for.
  The Senate should reject Mrs. McMahon because funding cuts for 
schools, students, parents, and teachers all for the sake of 
billionaire tax breaks--whose kids probably don't go to public 
schools--is an awful idea. I am proud every Democrat will vote no.
  Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays are ordered.