Ultimately, I want to eliminate the Department of Education.
I want to eliminate the Department of Education.
Occurrences
Evidence
H.R. 899, introduced January 31, 2025, is titled 'To terminate the Department of Education.' The GovInfo record lists Paul A. Gosar as a cosponsor and shows the bill was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce.
Gosar's vote record for May 15, 2026 shows recent House activity, including votes on appropriations and other measures, but it does not show any vote or enacted action eliminating the Department of Education.
Congress.gov shows H.R. 899 as introduced in the House and still at the referral stage. Gosar appears on the cosponsor list, and the bill summary says it would terminate the Department of Education on December 31, 2026.
The official House-member vote record page shows Gosar's latest recorded votes on June 9, 2026. It does not list any Department of Education elimination measure or enactment in the lookback window.
Assessments
Gosar did not deliver the promised outcome because the Department of Education was not eliminated. The strongest evidence is later-term legislative effort: he cosponsored H.R. 899 in January 2025, a bill to terminate the department, but it remained at the referral stage and was not enacted. That shows a serious attempt toward the promise, but not fulfillment, so this is best scored as never with an effort badge.
The promised outcome was to eliminate the federal Department of Education. That has not been delivered: H.R. 899 in the 119th Congress was introduced and referred to committee, not enacted, and the Department of Education has not been abolished. Gosar did materially support the goal by cosponsoring H.R. 899 after the 2012 campaign office term, so this earns an effort badge, but legislative activity short of enactment does not fulfill the promise.