[If Trump or Congress were to scale back financial aid], that would obviously be very expensive to the state, so I think they would have a vested interest in that not happening.

A regulatory review is a very sensible and good thing to do and ought to be done periodically anyway.

If this deal will get possibly 13 more district judges through I think it’s all in all a good thing for the Democrats.

[If Trump successfully expands the use of impoundment], Congress’ power of the purse will turn into an advisory opinion.

[Education outcomes] got a lot worse during COVID, and we bounced back partially, but we haven’t bounced back fully on really any measure.

On November 16, Jon Valant discussed President-elect Trump’s education policy proposals, including the elimination of the Department of Education.

[DOGE will] make recommendations, and once they make recommendations, the expectation is that the government will act on them.

We could be looking at Trump judiciary for the next generation or so.

What Trump is essentially doing is telling the Senate to give up one of its core constitutional roles.

On issues that I worry about…[using civil-rights laws to target diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at universities] is at the top.

Biden was trapped in a very traditional ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’ mind-set. It was a fundamental mistake.

Democrats let through 13 Trump nominees after he lost the election. Fair play means that you should let through at least 13 Biden nominees but that logic doesn’t work anymore.