Henry Cuellar: “I was the author of the Texas Grant, which is the largest…”

“The Pell Grant is something that's important for students that need assistance. Financial aid has been key to me because when I was in the state legislature, I was the author of the Texas Grant, which is the largest scholarship grant program in Texas history. called the Texas Grant. So, so when you add the Texas grant and you add the Pell Grant at the federal level, that provides a lot of students in our congressional districts and across the state of Texas the ability to go off to college.” (06:37–06:44)

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