Sheldon Whitehouse Quotes

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

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.

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.

The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.

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

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

Pell Grants open a lot of doors, but they rely on a solvent government.

So you can go to college on Pell Grants - maybe I should not be telling anybody this because it's turning out to be the welfare of the 21st century.

Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of the Pell Grant Caucus, I know how important they are for our Nation's low-income students.

It's one thing to make financial aid available to students so they can attend college. It's another thing to design forms that students can actually fill out.

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 just believe strongly that anybody who wants to pursue additional education after high school ought to be given that chance.

The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students.

People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education.

Is there any more important problem than our lack of need-based scholarships? I think not.

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.

Nontraditional students often have the misconception that aid is intended only for high school students entering college. Luckily, that's not the case.

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.

We build schools and give government loans and grants to college kids; for those of us who are parents, tuition will often be the last big subsidy we give the children we've raised.

Over the years, my husband and I have sent two dozen or more girls to college and helped them with whatever else they needed.

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

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

The Pell Grant is more than a financial aid program for college students in need. It is the right thing to do for America's college students, and it is the right thing to do for America's economy.

It’s absolutely the case that the low cost college tuition that I was able to enjoy and the financial aid that I was able to receive made my education possible.

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