Why did you decide to shut down these field offices, to illegally fire half the attorneys?...In Connecticut, in your home state, when you came into office, there were 127 pending claims at OCR, half of them were kids with disabilities who were relying on you to help them. Do you know how many cases got resolved positively for families in Connecticut in 2025? Zero.
Questioning Secretary of Education Linda McMahon about OCR's performance.
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