Officials from the Education and Transportation Departments told Congress today that they have no formal studies to support the administration’s claims about the effect of sequestration on those departments, with the Education representative saying they aren’t sure their predictions are correct.

“No,” Deputy Education Secretary Anthony Miller replied when Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked if the department had any studies to support Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s claim that “as many as 40,000 people will [their] lose jobs” due to sequestration cuts.