Executive Director at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Robert Greenstein states that President Bush introduced significant and badly needed increase in Pell Grants.
During a conference call concerning the report "President’s budget would cut deeply into important public services and adversely affect states," Greenstein points out that Pell Grant increases are financed by cuts in different loan and student aid programs that might be deemed controversial. (0:30)
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February 21, 2007
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- Sharon Parrot, Director of the Welfare Reform and Income Support Division at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, points out that President Bush’s budget is missing some costly items such as the continuing costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan after 2009.
- Sharon Parrot, Director of the Welfare Reform and Income Support Divisions at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, believes it is important to look at President’s budget proposal over the next five-year period rather than just the budget for 2008.
- Robert Greenstein on cuts in low income programs
- Sharon Parrot, Director of the Welfare Reform and Income Support Divisions at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, states during a conference call concerning the report "President’s budget would cut deeply into important public services and adversely affect states," that President’s priorities are clearly implied in his new budget.
- The Department of Education’s Assistant Secretary for Higher Education, Sally Stroup, says that the proposal to increase Pell grants by one hundred dollars per year for five years hinges on legislation not yet passed.
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