Expand funding for federal pell grants and ensure they can be used to cover all expenses for college, such as housing, books, food, etc.
Expand funding for federal Pell Grants and ensure they can cover all college expenses.
Occurrences
Evidence
The law's table of contents includes "Subtitle D--Pell Grants" and "SEC. 83002. Workforce Pell Grants," while SEC. 83001 adds Pell ineligibility for some students with high Student Aid Index values.
Omar said, "I will be introducing a bill to redirect ICE's slush fund" and urged colleagues to oppose the reconciliation bill.
Assessments
Federal law enacted during Omar's later House service did expand Pell Grants in a limited way, including Workforce Pell, so the promise saw some policy movement. But the available evidence does not show Pell Grants were expanded enough to cover all college expenses, and the same law also added some Pell eligibility restrictions. The record here also does not show Omar specifically wrote, sponsored, or materially drove the enacted Pell changes, so this supports only partial credit rather than full delivery.