WASHINGTON, D.C. — With reports circulating that President Donald Trump was preparing to sign an executive order to eliminate the much-debated federal agency, Democrats made it known that they were ready to defend the Department of Education just as soon as they figured out what it does.
Sources on Capitol Hill said top Democrats held closed-door meetings Thursday morning to discuss the Department of Education in hopes of determining what it does and how they could possibly defend it against Trump's quest to do away with it.
"The president can't possibly consider eliminating the Department of Education, because… of some very important things," said Senator Chuck Schumer. "We shouldn't have to explain why the Department of Education is so vital, or about the irreplaceable benefits it provides for the country. We don't want to explain it. Please don't ask us."
Other Democrats pointed to the necessity of keeping the agency alive so that it could find solutions to the problems it caused. "We need the Department of Education to look into fixing all of the issues that have been caused by the Department of Education," said Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "These low test scores and rising illiteracy rates are the result of decades of failing by the Department of Education, which is why we need a Department of Education to turn things around."
At publishing time, Democrats had also warned that allowing individual states to set their own standards for public education could lead to a startling increase in children being better educated and becoming productive members of society.
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