Eighty-six House Democrats sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) urging a halt to its planned transfer of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The lawmakers argued that only Congress can approve such a reorganization, warned that the transfers would weaken critical services and civil rights enforcement, and contended that the receiving agencies are not equipped to administer these programs effectively.