{"id":256958,"date":"2021-03-19T15:31:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T19:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=256958"},"modified":"2021-03-19T15:31:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T19:31:51","slug":"rep-thomas-massie-brings-back-a-2017-proposal-to-do-away-with-the-department-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-thomas-massie-brings-back-a-2017-proposal-to-do-away-with-the-department-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Thomas Massie brings back a 2017 proposal to do away with the Department of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-thomas-massie-brings-back-a-2017-proposal-to-do-away-with-the-department-of-education%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=256958&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2389460\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2389460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MARCH 12: U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) spoke during a press conference in the Cannon House Office Building on March 12, 2014 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:20 PM PT \u2013 Friday, March 19, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) once proposed a bill to eliminate the Department of Education as a way to improve the quality of education for American students. Now he\u2019s bringing that proposal back, and big name Republican lawmakers are backing the effort.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is also gaining attention from libertarian conservatives who want to see big government agencies dismantled. However, Massie believes the federal government has become so political that an objective education system for America\u2019s youth cannot come from Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Back when the proposal was first introduced, one of the cosponsors was former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who argued that his state should be in charge of its own education system.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2389464\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2389464\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2389464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2145.jpeg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 29: Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) questions Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. during her testimony in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, September 29, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the use of taxpayer funding by Planned Parenthood and its affiliates. (Photo by Mark Wilson\/Getty Images)\" width=\"606\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2145.jpeg 606w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2146.jpeg 291w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2147.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2148.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2389464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 SEPTEMBER 29: Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Capitol Hill, September 29, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey are not improving the education quality here in Utah,\u201d Chaffetz stated. \u201cThey\u2019re using a lot of resources that I would much rather come straight to the state of Utah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Education staff is appointed by whichever political party is in power. They could develop a curriculum that may be okay for a state like California, but bad for a state like Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Massie argued state governments, local governments and parents should be in charge of choosing what education their children receive. He emphasized&nbsp;eliminating the Department of Education would save taxpayers an estimated $50 billion per year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">12 Cosponsors: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ALul0PM9C4\">pic.twitter.com\/ALul0PM9C4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1372566314670301185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Critics of the proposal argued the high cost of America\u2019s education system is due to extra spending on \u201cnon-essential\u201d services, such as armed guards at schools. They also said the dipping quality of teachers is because American teachers don\u2019t feel valued by their students or parents.<\/p>\n<p>Massie argued Democrats support the Department of Education because they can control the information children receive when they are in power, even if bureaucratic obstacles make getting resources to students more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCause the left understands this is where you win or lose, is in the schools and in the teaching of the children,\u201d Massie said.<\/p>\n<p>Massie and his Republican cosponsors consider the Department of Education to be a needless government agency, which has resulted in U.S. students performing far worse than other students in the industrialized world.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/democrat-introduces-resolution-to-remove-rep-greene-from-congress\/\">Democrat Introduces Resolution To Remove Rep. Greene From Congress<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MARCH 12: U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) spoke during a press conference in the Cannon House Office Building on March 12, 2014 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310831,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2145.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Rep. Thomas Massie brings back a 2017 proposal to do away with the Department of Education","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2145.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Rep. 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