Sharice Davids Quotes

It is our duty as legislators to protect the success of our students as they pursue higher education.

For millions of Americans, federally subsidized student loans and Pell Grants are an important resource for us to get ahead so we can achieve the American dream.

We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive.

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

Middle class families are struggling to send their sons and daughters to school. For many Americans, a college education is essential to future success.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it.

Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition.

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution and the financial sacrifices of my parents.

I strongly believe the DREAM Act should require the completion of a degree.

We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.

There's no constitutional right for your parents to pay for college.

I am here to give the American people some straight talk about higher education. Some have said we might have cut financial aid for college students. The truth is we have expanded access to college for our neediest students through the record growth of the Pell grant program.

Pell Grants aren't 'welfare,' they are a gateway to opportunity for some of our nation's best and brightest students.

When Rhode Island Senator Claiborne Pell first proposed the grants that now bear his name, he envisioned a way to help students attend our country's wonderful colleges and universities, so they could share in the American Dream.

I went to nine different universities and never paid a nickle of my own money. My wife got many scholarships. We are children of the United States.

Michelle and I—we’re where we are today only because scholarships and student loans gave us a shot at a great education.

We need to deal with helping middle-class kids get a college education.

I've met students across Rhode Island who rely on Pell Grants. They work hard, play by rules, and are doing everything they can to get the education they need for the jobs of tomorrow.

I want to see kids go to college more.

Everybody has a way to get to college. You study in high school, you do your work. There are always grants or loans that can be available. I guarantee you - if you want it, you can get it. Don't close the door on yourself.

We have to look at loan forgiveness to incentivise young people to pursue degrees in areas where we know we need help.

Making college affordable is a really important goal, and my plan will work better than Senator [Bernie] Sanders' plan by everybody who has looked at it.

Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.