ABC News: Warren investigates impact on students, teachers from Education Dept. cuts

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Save Our Schools campaign is launching a comprehensive investigation into the Trump administration's effort to close the Department of Education.

"I'm opening this investigation to hear directly from students, parents, teachers, and borrowers who are being hurt by Trump's dangerous agenda," Warren wrote in a statement obtained first by ABC News.

"Their stories matter -- and they are why I'm in this fight," she said.

Warren said since Trump's move to effectively abolish the agency, Americans have told her how public education has shaped and strengthened their lives. She sent a letter to a dozen education and civil rights groups, seeking answers to how abolishing the department will impact millions of students and families.

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