Linda McMahon Unexpectedly Shows Up At House Democrats' Press Briefing Outside DoE

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Education Secretary Linda McMahon dropped in on a House Democratic press briefing outside the Department of Education.

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00:00The mood in the room, it was very collegial.

00:02We are extraordinarily grateful to the secretary that she joined us.

00:07She's here, perhaps I should give her the podium.

00:09We're extraordinarily grateful that the secretary

00:14gave us the space to have these conversations.

00:19But with all due respect, madam, I think my biggest concern is that the states

00:23will not be able to protect the programs and

00:25services that you would like to devolve with them.

00:32Morning, everyone.

00:33Thanks so much for coming.

00:34And I just want to express my gratitude to all of these folks who came today.

00:38So that we can have an open discussion about what I believe is

00:42one of the most important things that we can have a discussion on or

00:45action on in our country.

00:47And that is the education of our young people.

00:51As Representative Tanaka said as we were ending the meeting,

00:54which I thought was incredibly appropriate.

00:56And that is that this is not a partisan issue.

00:59This is about the children of America.

01:02And it's the next generation, the generation after that.

01:05And if we want to have our leaders, if we want to have that next group of

01:09engineers and doctors and lawyers and plumbers and electrician and HVAC

01:14operators, then we need to focus on how they can best have their education.

01:20And I believe, and I know the president does believe this as well,

01:23the best education is that that is closest to the child, where teachers and

01:28parents, local superintendents working together and

01:32local school boards to develop the curriculum for

01:35those students is the best way that it can happen.

01:38Funding from the United States government will continue through the programs

01:42that have already been established.

01:44And I will look forward to continuing to work with members of Congress on

01:48both sides of the aisle, and I welcome the fact that these folks came today and

01:54expressed their concerns and shared in an open collegial format,

01:57their concerns and how we can lead now to work more together.

02:00That's the way it ought to operate.

02:02And I'm very happy to have had them here.

02:04So I'm gonna let them answer the questions.

02:07I just wanted to come out and have a-

02:09Can you just answer the question, when are you gonna shut down this building?

02:12Well, we've had our discussions already.

02:14So thank you all very, very much for coming.

02:16Thank you all.

02:20As you see, she's not answering the question when she's gonna shut down

02:24the department.

Linda McMahon Unexpectedly Shows Up At House Democrats' Press Briefing Outside DoE

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