[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 56 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  GUTTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

  (Mr. SUBRAMANYAM asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, when I recently asked someone who 
supports gutting the Department of Education how that decision would 
make American education better or what the Department even does, they 
couldn't give me an answer.
  Let me tell you how gutting this Department will hurt every parent, 
teacher, and, most of all, students in our country.
  In Virginia alone, 5,000 teachers would be at risk of removal; our 
education system would face a $2.4 billion shortfall; and we would lose 
$2,000 in spending for each student. Our most vulnerable students with 
special needs would be unable to access the resources they need to 
succeed, and low-income students would go hungry.
  Education has always been a great equalizer and an engine for 
socioeconomic mobility. Without the Department of Education, we will be 
left with a system that leaves Americans--rural, urban, and suburban--
underserved, uneducated, and unprepared.
  If we want to lead in the world of innovation and discovery, if we 
want opportunity for everyone, we need to invest in the next 
generation, our kids.

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