Richard Shelby actually said...

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.

Context

Shelby criticizes the rising costs of the Pell Grant program affecting the education budget.

07/26/2011

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