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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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Chaka Fattah
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Fattah emphasizes the importance of educational equity for working-class families.

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I do not think that is divorced from political guidance.

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I authored the law that created GEAR UP years ago in a Republican majority Congress and Senate.

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