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Tom Harkin: We must do everything we can to preserve the fiscal integrity of the Pell Grant program.

On the recordJuly 26, 2011
We must do everything we can to preserve the fiscal integrity of the Pell Grant program.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin stresses the importance of maintaining Pell Grants for students.

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