We have a Pell Grant program that effectively acts as an entitlement, but we do not fund it that way.
Patty Murray: “We have a Pell Grant program that effectively acts as an entitlement, but we do not fund it that way.”
On the recordFebruary 5, 2018
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Murray discusses the funding structure of Pell Grants and the need for reform.
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