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On the recordMarch 8, 2011
The unsustainable growth in the costs of the Pell Grant program continues to be an anchor dragging down the entire budget for the Department of Education.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby highlights the financial burden of Pell Grant costs on the education budget.

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