WARREN, SANDERS, WYDEN, MURRAY, BALDWIN BLAST NEW TRUMP ADMIN ATTEMPT TO DISMANTLE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CALL FOR IMMEDIATE END TO ILLEGAL TRANSFER OF STUDENT LOANS TO TREASURY

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) pressed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to rescind their plans to move the administration of federal student loans to the Treasury Department (Treasury), the latest move in the Trump administration's attempts to dismantle the Department of Education (ED).

The lawmakers are the Ranking Members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; Senate Finance Committee; Senate Appropriations Committee; and Senate...