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Roy Blunt's Public Statements on Issue: Education

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06/12/2022 Bipartisan Group of Senators Announce Agreement
11/04/2021 Letter to Hon. Kiran Ahuja, Director, Office of Personnel Management - Grassley Joins Effort To Address Absent Government Workforce, Urges Return To Work
10/19/2021 Sens. Cruz, Lankford, Rep. Hartzler Stand For Coach's Right to Pray
05/27/2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Lankford, Blunt, Scott Urge Biden Administration to Protect Religious Freedom at Public Universities, Colleges
03/05/2021 Rubio Leads Amendment to Get Students Back to School
02/24/2021 Reopening Schools
12/22/2020 Tweet - "Working to create opportunities Right pointing backhand indexFY21 funding bill includes $10M to continue @USDOL 's Career Pathways Initiative, which improves pathways for students that can lead to the full range of post-secondary college and career options."
12/22/2020 Tweet - "FY21 funding bill increases the maximum Pell Grant for the FOURTH year in a row. As a first-gen college student, I know how critical Pell Grants are to helping students achieve their dream of a #highered diploma."
12/21/2020 Latest Round of COVID-19 Relief Includes Blunt-Backed Funding for Critical Health and Education Programs
12/21/2020 Blunt Highlights Critical Investments in FY2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Funding Bill
12/18/2020 Tweet - "" @MissouriState has received a $4 million grant from the Department of Education to improve and expand computer science education in rural schools...This is the largest collaborative grant ever received by MSU.""
07/30/2020 Tweet - "The HEALS Act provides the resources needed to improve testing, speed up vaccine development, and get students back into the classroom and people back into the workforce as safely and as quickly as possible."
07/27/2020 Tweet - "The HEALS Act helps schools welcome students back to the classroom as safely and quickly as possible with: *special character* $70 billion for elementary and secondary schools; *special character* $29 billion for institutions of higher education; and *special character* $5 billion in flexible funding for governors"
07/27/2020 Blunt: Heals Act "focuses on Getting Students Back to School and Getting Americans Back to Work as Quickly and Safely as Possible"
07/27/2020 Tweet - "HEALS Act is about getting students back into the classroom & Americans back into the workforce safely."
07/27/2020 Tweet - "My @SenateGOP colleagues & I just introduced the HEALS Act to *special character* Get kids back to school & Americans back to work as safely & quickly as possible *special character* Support healthcare providers & hospitals *special character* Continue to work toward vaccines & treatments for COVID-19"
07/07/2020 Tweet - "The #coronavirus pandemic has created significant challenges for K-12 education. I'm proud of all the hard work teachers and administrators are doing to help students adapt and succeed in a changing environment."
05/04/2020 Tweet - "As teachers, students & parents adapt to distance education, it's more important than ever to recognize & celebrate educators who stepped up to the plate & are turning living rooms into classrooms. Please #ThankATeacher today on #TeacherAppreciationDay"
04/27/2020 Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Blunt, Hawley Urge Administration to Ensure Smaller Colleges & Universities with Work-Study Programs are Eligible for CARES Act Funding
04/14/2020 Tweet - " JUST IN: Missouri has received $208 million to help K-12 schools and institutions of higher learning respond to coronavirus-related needs."
01/10/2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - In Letter to Education Secretary Devos, Blunt, Daines, Ernst, Lankford, & Scitt Back Proposed Rule to Protect Religious Liberty in Student Aid Program
12/19/2019 Blunt Highlights Priorities in Senate-Passed Health, Education, and Labor Funding Bill
09/18/2019 Blunt Releases FY2020 Labor, HHS, & Education Appropriations Bill
04/25/2019 Lankford, Blunt, Scott Announce Bill to Protect First Amendment Rights of Faith-Based Student Groups
03/28/2019 Chairman Blunt Opening Statement

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