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# Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Said Old Transgender Guidelines Were 'Overreach'

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## Video: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Said Old Transgender Guidelines Were 'Overreach'

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_Published 2017-02-23. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos defended the Trump Administration's decision to rescind guidelines which told schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that align with their gender identities._


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## Transcript

President Trump rescinded the Obama guidelines on transgender, and let's be very clear why he did that. President Obama acted lawlessly, he promised us that he would use his pen and his phone to circumvent Congress. He did so repeatedly, including with these guidelines that reinterpreted federal statute. So you put out a letter afterwards, basically saying that you want to protect all children, all students, and I wanted to give you an opportunity to clarify what you meant and state what you meant in the ethos of that letter. Sure. Thank you Kali. Well I think the statement spoke for itself to a large extent, but let me just say that this issue was a very huge example of the Obama administration's overreach, to suggest a one size fits all federal government approach, top down approach to issues that are best dealt with and solved At a personal level and a local level.

And I have made clear from the moment I've been in this job that, it's our job to protect students and to do that the fullest extent that we can. And also to provide students, parents and teachers with more flexibility around how education is delivered and how education is experienced. And to protect and preserve personal freedoms.

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