WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester issued the following press release:

"This administration's interagency agreements will harm students with disabilities."

Clickhereto watch Senator Blunt Rochester'sremarks.

U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions,today participated in a spotlight hearing on the Trump administration's attempts to dismantle the Department of Education and efforts to move the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Blunt Rochester questioned witnesses on how these attempts will har...