“Impeaching Linda M. McMahon, Secretary of Education, for high crimes and misdemeanors.”
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This section impeaches Linda M. McMahon, Secretary of Education, for high crimes and misdemeanors and exhibits articles of impeachment against her to the United States Senate.
This section impeaches Secretary of Education Linda M. McMahon for willfully violating the Department of Education Organization Act by approving interagency agreements that transferred operations of six offices, including those administering programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Higher Education Act, Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and State on September 30, 2025, February 20, 2026, May 21, 2025, and June 15, 2026.
This section charges Secretary of Education Linda M. McMahon with making false statements to the Senate on February 13, 2025, by repeatedly pledging to disburse all congressionally appropriated funds while subsequently canceling over $1.7 billion in grants and contracts without congressional approval, including $1 billion for student mental health, $226 million under the Comprehensive Centers Program, and $350 million for minority-serving institutions.
This section charges Secretary of Education Linda M. McMahon with breaching public trust by terminating approximately 2,000 Department of Education employees, including 1,378 without cause on March 11, 2025, and 465 more in October 2025. It states that these actions delayed disbursement of congressionally authorized funding for 11 specified grant programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and concludes that the conduct warrants impeachment, trial, removal from office, and disqualification.