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Episode 37: A Conversation With Congressman Bobby Scott
Hosts Jon Fansmith, Sarah Spreitzer, and Mushtaq Gunja talk with House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) about the recent past, present, and future of higher education legislation under his committee's purview, including COVID-19 relief funding, doubling the maximum Pell Grant and "second chance" Pell for incarcerated individuals, student loan debt forgiveness, and more.
Here are some of the links and references from this week's show:
Congress Lifts Long-Standing Ban on Pell Grants to People in Prison
PBS Newshour | December 29, 2020
Prisoners to Get 'Second Chance…
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