Elizabeth Warren Torches GOP Over Plan To Use 'Shady Trick' To Cut Department of Education Funding

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On Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) criticized Republicans' plan to use a rescissions package to cut funding for the Department of Education after agreeing on a budget.

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00:00Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are trying to pull a fast one on us.

00:04For months, Trump has been going after the Department of Education.

00:08He fired half the staff, signed an executive order to dismantle the agency, and now he's

00:13trying to defund the department altogether.

00:17Here is his master plan.

00:19Right now, Republicans and Democrats are trying to negotiate a deal on how to fund the Department

00:24of Education for next year.

00:26To get this funding passed, the Republicans need some Democrats to support it.

00:31So they get some stuff they want.

00:34We get some stuff we want.

00:36That is how the process works.

00:37But right now, the White House is saying out loud that after we pass this bipartisan deal,

00:44they want the Republicans in Congress to use a shady trick to rip away the money that we

00:50just negotiated.

00:51That shady trick is called a rescissions package, and you only need 50 votes to get it done.

00:57In other words, Republicans have the votes with no Democratic help.

01:01This is like Republicans saying, we'll make a deal to sell you a car today.

01:05And then a month from now, they come back and steal the wheels.

01:09That's what Republicans are trying to do with the Department of Education.

01:13Republicans are telling us Democrats that they want to get this budget passed.

01:18But we all know, because the White House admitted it, that they're going to delete that money

01:23right after we get it.

01:25It's messed up.

01:27And the worst part is, it affects real families.

01:30Republicans want to cut the funding that helps public school students all across this country.

01:35Let me be clear.

01:36I'm voting no on any funding bill that defunds our public schools.

01:41No.

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