Vivek Ramaswamy, who is co-leading Donald Trump’sDepartment of Government Efficiency alongside X CEO Elon Musk, hinted that the dynamic duo of government gutting are planning to “delete” the US Department of Education.
He told Fox News‘ Maria Bartiromo that he and Musk were planning to make “deep cuts” unlike any in recent history.
“Elon and I aren’t in this for the credit,” Ramaswamy said on Sunday. “But I think we’re gonna build the consensus to make the kind of deep cuts that haven’t been made for most of our history.”
Bartiromo asked specifically about the Department of Education, and if Ramaswamy and Musk were planning on shutting down departments.
In response, he said: “We expect mass reductions. We expect certain agencies to be deleted outright.”
“We expect mass reductions in force in areas of the federal government that are bloated. We expect massive cuts among federal contractors and others who are overbilling the federal government,” he continued. “So yes, we expect all of the above and I think people will be surprised by, I think, how quickly we’re able to move with some of those changes given the legal backdrop.”
Ramaswamy made clear in August that he wanted to dismantle the department, which was established in 1867.
“Let’s shut down the head of the snake, the Department of Education,” Ramaswamy said in August. “Take that $80 billion, put it in the hands of parents across this country.”
Ramaswamy said the move would be a part of his and Musk’s push for “mass deregulation.”
“So this is a historic opportunity We’re not actually going to squander this,” he said. “But I think part of the key is to move quickly to move effectively. I think that mass deregulation that I talked about earlier that gives us the industrial logic to then make cuts to that bureaucracy and moving quickly is our objective.”