Issue Position: Making College Affordable
Issue Position
Issues: Higher Education
Pell Grants make college possible for over nine million Americans and nearly seventy percent of University of California students here in the 32nd District. Financial aid through Pell Grants are one of the keystones of economic mobility and opportunity in this country. However, some of my colleagues on Capitol Hill want to cut this investment in America's future. It would be pennywise and pound-foolish to cut this program at a time of record income inequality and unemployment. I am leading the charge to preserve full funding for Pell Grants for California's students so that every student, regardless of background, can afford a degree and keep America competitive in the global economy.
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