While votes from Congress will decide if the U.S. Department of Education can be abolished, lawmakers can “right-size” the department and get back to basics, Rep. Tim Walberg, who chairs the House Education Committee, said Thursday on Newsmax.

“We can get back to the basics that say our students ought to learn reading, writing, and arithmetic,” the Michigan Republican said on “Wake Up America.” “[We can] learn to work together, learn to create whatever we need for the future.”

Walberg added that the “No. 1, 2, and 3 most important aspects of education are the students, the parents, the teachers. If we can resource them in the most efficient ways, we will not have a worry for the future of our education system.” 

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