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Mark Pocan: “They're cutting education funding, Pell Grants for people…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 15:55

They voted to cut food Assistance, the number one program keeping kids out of poverty, to 11 million people in the country. They're cutting education funding, Pell Grants for people going to college. They even did things that they didn't need to do, like they took away the ratios in nursing homes for seniors for staffing, and then this half a trillion dollar cut to Medicare. (15:55–16:00)

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Asserts that Wisconsin House Republicans voted to cut education funding, including Pell Grants.

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