Teachers and Staff from RioTECH High School
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) convened a roundtable conversation with local educators to discuss his efforts to support students and teachers amidst Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s attacks on public education and our children’s futures.
“Public education is the foundation for functional democracy,” said Heinrich during the roundtable. “The message of disrespect that Trump and Musk are sending by creating all of this chaos with the Department of Education hurts our teachers and it jeopardizes our kids’ futures. I am deeply grateful for the work that New Mexico educators do, and will continue to push back against efforts to dismantle our education system with every tool available.”
As a father and as New Mexico’s senior senator, Heinrich has been leading the fight against the Trump Administration’s attacks on public education. Heinrich led the charge in Congress to demand Trump reverse his attacks on Tribal education and immediately halt, exempt, and reverse any federal workforce or federal funding reductions at Tribal Colleges and Universities.
Heinrich has also demanded the reinstatement of $600 million in federal funding intended to strengthen our educator workforce and improve student learning; underscored the disastrous harm that shuttering the Department of Education will have on millions of students with disabilities and their families; and introduced legislation to protect federal education funding for New Mexico’s students, parents, and educators.
For a detailed timeline and background of Heinrich's efforts to fight against Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s attacks on public education and our children’s future, click here.
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