Rep. Mark Harris on Restoring DOJ Confidence and Shutting Down the Department of Education

Restoring Confidence in the DOJ

• 🎯 Congressman Mark Harris agrees with President Trump that the Department of Justice has become politicized.
• 💡 The goal is to restore confidence in the DOJ, ensuring that individuals are not criminally charged based on their political opinions.
• 🔑 President Trump aims to end "lawfare" and ensure the DOJ leadership, including Attorney General Bondi and FBI Director Cash Patel, focuses on restoring law and order rather than pursuing political enemies.

Reforming the Department of Education

• 📉 Harris highlights a 24-year low in public confidence in education, with declining student scores in math, reading, civics, and science.
• 🏛️ President Trump plans to shut down the Department of Education, believing that governance closest to home is most effective.
• 🗣️ This move aims to fulfill a long-standing promise to abolish the department and restore power to states, local communities, and parents.

Reallocating Resources and Reducing Bureaucracy

• 💰 Eliminating the Department of Education would involve returning money to state and local governments through block grants.
• ✂️ The focus is on cutting bureaucracy and red tape, not eliminating essential services, which would be handled by other departments.
• 🧑‍🎓 This reform also supports school choice and empowers parents to make educational decisions for their children.