Now. looking at Pell grants. which many think are very helpful in getting our young people through collegeanother very important bipartisan effortthe budget agreement called for an additional $8.6 billion over the next 5 years and to raise the maximum Pell grant to students from $2.700 to $3.000. True to the other measures that I have discussed. the appropriations bill provides an additional $1.4 billion for Pell grants and increased maximum grant awards from $2.700 to $3.000. Finally. in the area of bilingual and immigrant education. particularly difficult for our States. the budget agreement called for $446 million over the next 5 years. and the appropriations bill provided $92 million of that increase in this bill. Now. I realize many constraints were on this committee. and I want to again offer my words of thanks and congratulations for their fine work and especially for their serious effort to uphold the bipartisan budget agreement.
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