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Owens To Grill Biden’s Failed Education Secretary

May 06, 2024
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WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, May 7th, at 10:15 a.m. ET, Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee Chair Burgess Owens (UT-04) will participate in an Education and the Workforce hearing titled “Examining the Education Department’s Policies, Priorities, and FY 2023 Financial Audit Failure,” featuring testimony from Secretary Miguel Cardona.

“From botching FAFSA and undermining Title IX protections for women’s sports to pushing President Biden’s unconstitutional student loan scheme onto taxpayers and allowing antisemitism to run rampant, Secretary Miguel Cardona’s tenure at the Department of Education has been marked by one failure after another,” said Rep. Owens. “Our committee will deliver accountability for every student, parent, and teacher affected by this administration’s historic failures, stunning incompetence, and blatant politicization of our education system.”

What: Full Committee hearing titled “Examining the Education Department’s Policies, Priorities, and FY 2023 Financial Audit Failure”

When: 10:15 a.m. ET on Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Where: 2175 Rayburn House Office Building

Press: The hearing will be live-streamed here.

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