Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to her agency as part of an overall effort to shutter her department — a goal she described as its “final mission.”
Testifying before the House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee, McMahon offered sparse details when pressed about cuts that have already been implemented, as well as the Trump administration’s so-called “skinny” budget request for fiscal 2026.
That request includes about $12 billion in cuts to federal education spending — about a 15 percent decrease from fiscal 2025.
