Linda McMahon
speaker
58 appearances
24 recordings
11 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 15 May
Linda McMahon’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I'm not sure I can tell you exactly what it stands for, except that it's the programs for disabled and needs.
Morning Wire · Inflation Cools Down & Education Department Downsizes | 3.13.25 · 13 Mar 2025
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Is this the first step on the road to a total shutdown? Yes, actually it is because that was the president's mandate. This directive to me clearly is to shut down the Department of Education, which we know we'll have to work with Congress to get that accomplished.
That was the president's mandate. His directive to me clearly is to shut down the Department of Education, which we know we'll have to work with Congress, you know, to get that accomplished. But what we did today was to take the first step of eliminating what I think is bureaucratic bloat.
And that's not to say that a lot of the folks, you know, it's a humanitarian thing to a lot of the folks that are there. You know, they're out of a job. But we wanted to make sure that we kept all of the right people, the good people,
Campuses and universities should be about open debate and discussion. What they should not be about is violence, attacking other students, attacking faculty to put forth their anti-Semitic views. These are attacks on Jewish students, Jewish faculty.
That was the president's mandate, his directive to me, clearly, is to shut down the Department of Education, which we know we'll have to work with Congress, you know, to get that accomplished. But what we did today was to take the first step of eliminating what I think is bureaucratic bloat.
And that's not to say that a lot of the folks, you know, it's a humanitarian thing to a lot of the folks that are there. You know, they're out of a job. But we wanted to make sure that we kept all of the right people, the good people.
I don't know. I don't want to get ahead of the president. I think you'd have to check with the White House. I think he certainly intends to sign the order, and we've talked about it. He's made it crystal clear since the time he was running for president that this is his intent.
Hold on.
Well, thank you very much, Chairman Cassidy, and I know this is a very... I'm sorry.
But I certainly very much would like to be sure that we are looking to diagnose issues like dyslexia early because we have found that it can be turned around. So I'd like to work with you and understand how we could have a better approach.
I'm not quite certain, and I'd like to look into it further and get back to you on that.
No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that I would like to take a look at these programs and fully understand the breadth of the executive order and get back to you on that.
Consider This from NPR · What happens if the Education Department is abolished? · 21 Feb 2025
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If confirmed as secretary, I will work with Congress to reorient the department toward helping educators, not controlling them.
I believe, as he does, that the best education is closest to the child and not certainly from Washington, D.C.
Yes. It is not the president's goal to defund the programs. It is only to have it operate more efficiently.
I am really all for the president's mission, which is to return education to the states. I believe, as he does, that the best education is closest to the child and not certainly from Washington, D.C.
Yes. Okay. It is not the president's goal to defund the programs. It is only to have it operate more efficiently.
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