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Al Green: “Tuition benefits in today's dollars would be about $8,000. The stipend for the cost of living, books, and supplies would…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2021
Tuition benefits in today's dollars would be about $8,000. The stipend for the cost of living, books, and supplies would be about $1,200. The unemployment benefits-- and I am low-balling--would be about $16,000. The medical benefits we can't measure. The loss of opportunities because of the loans that they could have received we cannot measure. But we can do this: We can do what General Eisenhower asked us to do. We can do what President Roosevelt asked us to do and President Truman asked us to do. This is our opportunity, a unique moment in time to correct an injustice. And I appeal to you to do so. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas
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Sep 21, 2021

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