High Country Times

WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., Secretary Miguel Cardona of the U.S. Department of Education will testify before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), in a full Committee hearing titled “Examining the Education Department’s Policies, Priorities, and FY 2023 Financial Audit Failure.”

Expressing her disappointment in Secretary Cardona's leadership, Chairwoman Virginia Foxx stated, “I’m greatly disappointed by Secretary Cardona’s leadership of the Department of Education and his willingness to toe the line for the Biden administration’s disdain for the Constitution. We’ve watched as the Department has advanced the President’s illegal ‘free’ college agenda, botched the FAFSA rollout and return to repayment, implemented radical changes to Title IX, and failed to combat antisemitism and foreign influence in any significant way.”

Foxx further criticized Cardona's track record, highlighting the Department's financial audit failures for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. She emphasized, “Yet, with this abysmal track record, including the Department failing its financial audits for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, Secretary Cardona has requested billions more in taxpayer dollars. Taxpayers have reached their limit, Mr. Secretary. This hearing gives the Committee an opportunity to hold Secretary Cardona accountable for his partisan agenda and regulatory overreach.”

The hearing, scheduled for May 7, 2024, will take place at 2175 Rayburn House Office Building and will be open to the press as well as live-streamed on the Committee's YouTube page.