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Spotlight forum entitled Stealing the American Dream: How Trump and Republicans Are Raising Education Costs for Families.
Washington D.C. - Today Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee announced that she will host a spotlight forum entitled Stealing the American Dream: How Trump and Republicans Are Raising Education Costs for Families. The forum is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday May 14 2025 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Room G11.
The latest action in Senator Warrens campaign this forum will examine how both the Trump administrations attacks on the Department of Education and Congressional Republicans legislative plans will increase education costs and limit access to higher education for Americas students and borrowers.
Senator Warren invited the following witnesses to attend the forum:
Linda McMahon Secretary U.S. Department of Education
Bonnie Latreille Former Student Loan Ombudsman U.S. Department of Education
Jonathan Glater Professor of Law & Associate Dean of J.D. Curriculum and Teaching UC Berkeley School of Law
Gilberto Gonzalez Truck Driver Prime Inc.
Tiffany Aliche Personal Finance Creator @thebudgetnista
In a letter to Secretary McMahon Senator Warren wrote Your appearance will provide you with an opportunity to defend the Trump administrations policies offer context for your actions to dismantle the Department of Education and share your vision for ensuring that the American Dream becomes more attainable for all.
This forum follows President Trumps signing of a March 2025 executive order seeking to abolish the Department of Education and House Republicans advancing legislation last month to slash $351 billion in education spending.
Senator Warren has been a leader in the coordinated effort to fight back against President Trumps attempts to abolish the Department of Education:
On April 24 2025 Senator Warren launched a new into the harms of President Trumps attacks on the Department of Education seeking information on the impact of the Trump administrations actions from the members of twelve leading organizations representing schools parents teachers students borrowers and researchers.
On April 10 2025 following a led by Senator Warren the Department of Educations Acting Inspector General agreed to open an investigation into the Trump administrations attempts to dismantle the Department of Education.
On April 2 2025 Senators Elizabeth Warren and Mazie Hirono along with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer sent a to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys proposed plan to replace the Department of Educations federal student aid call centers with generative artificial intelligence chatbots.
On April 2 2025 Senator Elizabeth Warren the Save Our Schools campaign to fight back against the Trump administrations efforts to dismantle the Department of Education (ED) and highlight the consequences for every student and public school in America.
On March 27 2025 Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) a letter to Acting Department of Education Inspector General (IG) Rene Rocque requesting that the IG conduct an investigation of the Trump Administrations attempts to dismantle the Department of Education.
On March 20 2025 Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon regarding the Trump Administrations decision to slash the capacity of Federal Student Aid to handle student aid complaints.
On February 24 2025 in a response to Senator Warren Secretary McMahon gave her that she wholeheartedly agreed with Trumps plans to abolish the Department of Education.
On February 11 2025 Senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim sent Linda McMahon Secretary-Designate for the U.S. Department of Education a with 65 questions on McMahons policy views in advance of her nomination hearing.
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