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Dick Durbin: “When you freeze the Pell Grant, you require students to borrow more money to complete their education.”

On the recordJune 5, 2017
When you freeze the Pell Grant, you require students to borrow more money to complete their education.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Arguing that freezing Pell Grants increases student borrowing.

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