Video WATCH LIVE: Linda McMahon faces House lawmakers on Trump's education agenda Education Secretary Linda McMahon answers questions as House lawmakers examine the direction and priorities of the Department of Education.
Education Department Secretary Linda McMahon declared on Thursday that Americans elected President Donald Trump "to sunset" the "education bureaucracy," asserting that the administration is enacting "education renewal."
"Americans reelected President Trump with a clear mandate to sunset a 46-year-old, $3-trillion dollar, failed education bureaucracy in D.C. and return authority to where it belongs to parents, teachers and local leaders," she said during her opening statement before the House Committee on Education and Workforce on Thursday.
"Today I can confidently attest that we are delivering on the vision of educational renewal that for decades many promised, but none delivered," she added.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
The secretary is testifying before the House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing titled, "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Education."
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