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Joaquin Castro: I believe, for example, that we ought to expand Pell grants, as I think a lot of us on this Zoom call believe; that…

On the recordMay 12, 2021
I believe, for example, that we ought to expand Pell grants, as I think a lot of us on this Zoom call believe; that, also, we should make things like community college free, that we should cancel some student debt, and so forth.
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Joaquin Castro
Democratic · Texas

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Castro advocates for expanding financial aid and making community college free to support students.

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