On the recordMay 11, 2009
When President Clinton came to Saltsburg and signed GEAR UP into law 11 years ago, he said that we need to transfer middle-class aspirations to working class families in terms of going on to college.
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Fattah emphasizes the importance of educational equity for working-class families.
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