Sen. Durbin Issues Comments on Senate Floor About Department of Education
March 26, 2025
March 26, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following floor remarks on March 25, 2025:
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Mr. President, let me take you back to January of 1985.
Ronald Reagan had just begun his second term as President, and one of his policy priorities was to include the abolition of the Department of Education. What did it finally take to get him to back down from that commitment? Congress. Congress stood firm to protect this vital Agency in . . .
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Mr. President, let me take you back to January of 1985.
Ronald Reagan had just begun his second term as President, and one of his policy priorities was to include the abolition of the Department of Education. What did it finally take to get him to back down from that commitment? Congress. Congress stood firm to protect this vital Agency in . . .