Ms. Randi Weingarten
President, The American Federation of Teachers
Ms. Weingarten is the President of the American Federation of Teachers, the second largest teacher’s labor union in the U.S. The following is her letter included in the congressional record during debate on the House floor on June 9, 2026. I write on behalf of the [American Federation of Teachers] AFT’s 1.8 million members working in education, healthcare and public services. Our members decry fraud; we fight for federal funding for the work we do, and none of us wants that funding diverted for corrupt or fraudulent purposes. We write in opposition to three bills on the House floor this…
