WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said today that he and U.S. Rep Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) are battling back against proposed regulations recently issued by the Trump administration in the IRS code that further Republican schemes to undermine public school systems by directing taxpayer money toward private and religious schools.

In a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Wyden and Neal called out the administration for its blatant attempt to circumvent the clear rules established by Congress and funneling even more taxpayer funds away from public education and using that money to subsidize the private school education of children from w...