I strongly oppose those actions, and I’ll continue to call on our Chairman Cassidy to bring Secretary McMahon before our committee to discuss these moves, to be held accountable, and to make sure that our American education system is strong and protects our children.
Continue calling for Secretary McMahon to appear before the Senate HELP Committee to discuss the Department of Education's transfer of core functions, face accountability, and address protections for students.
Occurrences
Evidence
The Senate schedule for July 6, 2026 said no committee hearings were scheduled that day; the next listed HELP item was a July 15, 2026 business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
The HELP hearings page listed June 10, 2026 nominations, a June 16, 2026 K-12 artificial intelligence subcommittee hearing, and a June 17, 2026 executive session; it did not list a McMahon appearance in that lookback span.
Blunt Rochester’s official Senate biography says she sits on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
Congress.gov records McMahon’s nomination to be Secretary of Education, referral to Senate HELP, a February 13, 2025 HELP hearing, and March 3, 2025 confirmation. The record also notes the nomination was subject to the nominee’s commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before Senate committees.
Executive Order 14242 directed the Secretary of Education to take steps, to the extent permitted by law, to facilitate closure of the Department of Education and said student aid bank functions should be returned to an entity equipped to serve students.
Business Insider reported that as the administration transfers federal student loans from Education to Treasury, defaulted borrowers may be routed through Treasury’s Cross-Servicing program, and the Education Department had not specified when related collection pauses would lift or the full transfer timeline.
Assessments
The available evidence confirms Blunt Rochester is in the relevant federal Senate HELP Committee context and that the Department of Education transfer issue remained active, but it does not show that Secretary McMahon appeared before HELP for the specific transfer/accountability/student-protection issue. The evidence also does not independently document continued public calls by Blunt Rochester during the lookback period. Because the promise is an ongoing oversight commitment during her current Senate term and the record does not establish either fulfillment or abandonment, the best rating is unresolved rather than delivered or never.