Rep. Summer Lee Applauds Rulings Limiting Trump Admin.’s Ability to Withhold Funding from Educational Institutions
**For Immediate Release**
Rep. Summer Lee Applauds Rulings Limiting Trump Admin.’s Ability to Withhold Funding from Educational Institutions
Lee has consistently demanded the Department of Education reverse its guidance and threats
PITTSBURGH, PA – April 24, 2025 — Today, Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), a member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, issued the following statement applauding federal judges’ decisions to temporarily limit the Trump administration’s ability to withhold funding from educational institutions with diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs.
“I applaud the federal judges’ decisions to limit the Trump administration’s dangerous attempt to defund our educational institutions that are the bedrock of our communities. Donald Trump continues to attack education because an educated society is one of the greatest checks on someone who is moving to authoritarianism. While this fight isn’t over, these temporary rulings bring us closer to ensuring investments in equitable access to education are still made possible so students from every lived experience can excel.”
Rep. Lee has been a consistent voice in demanding the Trump administration reverse its guidance and threats to withhold funding. She and her colleagues have sent previous letters on February 27th, April 10th, and April 23rd to the Department of Education regarding the matter.
Congresswoman Summer Lee serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Education and the Workforce. Since taking office in January 2023, she has delivered historic levels of federal investment totaling over $2.4 Billion brought back to Western PA, including over $580 million for infrastructure, over $110 million for affordable transit, over $500 million to keep clean energy manufacturing at home in Pennsylvania, and over $55 million on clean energy efforts in and around schools to help keep our kids and communities safe. These investments will help improve Western Pennsylvania’s infrastructure and transit, ensure cleaner air and drinking water, lower housing costs, fund research institutions, fuel clean manufacturing, fund STEM innovation and entrepreneurship, boost workforce development, and create thousands of good paying union jobs. Lee and her team have also delivered casework and constituent services to over 3,000 constituents with issues ranging from helping our seniors and disabled community access Medicare and social security to helping folks secure housing and helping families with immigration support and passports.