After DOGE crackdown on USAID, Trump's House allies want this Cabinet agency on chopping block

Congressional allies of President Donald Trump person rallied astir his and Elon Musk's efforts to rotation backmost the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Now, they're urging the medication to acceptable its sights connected different halfway agency.

"I deliberation the speech astir the Department of Education getting drastically chopped is the close conversation," Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital. "I spot the Tennessee General Assembly to trade curriculums for Tennessee students much than I bash the California oregon the D.C. legislative bodies. And I deliberation we each look that backmost home."

Republican lawmakers who spoke with Fox News Digital this week named respective national offices that they wanted to spot audited oregon scaled backmost by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., rattled disconnected a database of suggestions erstwhile speaking to Fox News Digital, "OSHA, EPA, Department of Education, ATF."

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Reps. Brandon Gill, left, and Andy Ogles, right, are among those who privation to spot Elon Musk and President Trump audit oregon rotation backmost the Department of Education. (Getty)

But astir coalesced astir the Department of Education arsenic a worthy adjacent target, amid rumors that Trump could soon motion an enforcement bid dismantling the Cabinet agency.

"In bid to get bargain in, you could destruct the Department of Education, but you would instrumentality astatine slightest a information of the wealth and springiness it backmost to the states successful the signifier of artifact grants oregon thing similar that," Biggs suggested.

Freshman Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, said, "I deliberation we request to get escaped of the Department of Education. We request to get escaped of the ATF. I’ve co-sponsored bills to bash that for some of those."

He said the Department of Education was a "good spot to start," accusing it of sinking millions of payer dollars into diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts and different progressive causes.

President Donald Trump is expected to motion an enforcement bid eliminating the Department of Education. (Evan Vucci/AP)

"I mean, the American radical are sick of backing left-wing activism with their payer dollars," Gill said.

Conservatives person agelong been captious of the Cabinet department, which archetypal opened its doors successful 1980 aft President Jimmy Carter divided it disconnected from what is present the Department of Health and Human Services.

"Education Department should've been gone oregon reined successful a agelong clip ago," said Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C. 

He said helium hoped Musk would "put a dollar tag connected it, hint the money, wherever it’s going."

A measure introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., this week to eliminate the Department of Education already has 30 House GOP co-signers.

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Rep. Thomas Massie reintroduced his measure this week to destruct the Department of Education. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., suggested connected Wednesday determination was an appetite for Congress to backmost up Trump if helium follows done with an enforcement bid connected the department.

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"The teachers unions volition viciously fight, of course, immoderate thought of disbanding the national Department of Education. But I deliberation the rule is 1 whose clip has come. We've each seen the ratings. I mean, the U.S. is falling acold down different countries due to the fact that the strategy is not working," Johnson said successful effect to a question by Fox News Digital.

The talker stressed that further details were necessary, but added, "You're going to spot a batch of enactment among House and I deliberation Senate Republicans, for the wide thought of pushing the decisions down, backmost down to the section level. I deliberation that's thing that would service america each well."