Frank Pallone: “I think a lot of the media focus or attention has been on the HOPE scholarships and the tuition tax credits, but I think…”

“I think a lot of the media focus or attention has been on the HOPE scholarships and the tuition tax credits, but I think we all understand that if we do not expand Pell grants then the neediest, if you will, of students that really depend on Pell grants in order to finance their college education will not be able to continue. Throughout this debate about whether to provide tax credits versus scholarships or Pell grants, we just need to continue to focus on the fact that if we do not expand these Pell grant programs, then the needier students will not be able to go to college, because I know that the cost of tuitions and fees has gone up so much, and that Pell grants basically have not kept up with it, even though the Democrats have continued to stress the need to expand those Pell grant programs.”