HR 899 Terminate the Department of Education

Update 3,6,2017: Here is GovTrack's page for the bill. As of March 6, 2017, the prognosis is 8% chance of being enacted according to PredictGov (details)

This bill was introduced by 

Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY-4]

and co-sponsored (as of March 5, 2017)  by
Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI-3]*
Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ-5]*
Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT-3]*
Rep. Matt Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Rep. Jody B. Hice [R-GA-10]*
Rep. Walter B. Jones, Jr. [R-NC-3]*
Rep. Raul R. Labrador,. [R-ID-1]*

Here is the bill in its entirety:

H. R. 899

To terminate the Department of Education.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 7, 2017
Mr. Massie (for himself, Mr. Amash, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Labrador) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL
To terminate the Department of Education.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2018.

(I'm beginning to see a pattern here). 

According to Snopes, Republicans have wanted to abolish the Department of Education since it was created. This one may be just showboating on the Republican side, but don't ignore it.

For talking points, here is an article from 2015, describing how the Department of Education safeguards students' rights and increases educational equality. . Here's what doing away with the Department of Education would do to higher education. Here's another article, from the Business Insider, on what the Department of Education does.

The bill has been assigned to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. I expect it will eventually be assigned to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, but in the meantime, if your representative is on the larger committee, by all means call.

Republicans

• Rep. Virginia Foxx, North Carolina (Chair)
• Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina (Vice Chair)
• Rep. Duncan Hunter, California
• Rep. David P. Roe, Tennessee
• Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, Pennsylvania
• Rep. Tim Walberg, Michigan
• Rep. Brett Guthrie, Kentucky
• Rep. Todd Rokita, Indiana
• Rep. Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania
• Rep. Luke Messer, Indiana
• Rep. Bradley Byrne, Alabama
• Rep. David Brat, Virginia
• Rep. Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin
• Rep. Steve Russell, Oklahoma
• Rep. Elise Stefanik, New York
• Rep. Rick W. Allen, Georgia
• Rep. Jason Lewis, Minnesota
• Rep. Francis Rooney, Florida
• Rep. Paul Mitchell, Michigan
• Rep. Tom Garrett, Jr., Virginia
• Rep. Lloyd K. Smucker, Pennsylvania
• Rep. A. Drew Ferguson, IV, Georgia

Democrats

• Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (Ranking Member), Virginia
• Rep. Susan A. Davis, California
• Rep Raul M. Grijalva, Arizona
• Rep. Joe Courtney, Connecticut
• Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, Ohio
• Rep. Jared Polis, Colorado
• Rep. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, Northern Mariana Islands
• Rep. Frederica S. Wilson, Florida
• Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon
• Rep. Mark Takano, California
• Rep. Alma S. Adams, North Carolina
• Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, California
• Rep. Donald Norcross, New Jersey
• Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware
• Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois
• Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, New Hampshire
• Rep. Adriano Espaillat, New York