June 1, 2001
Education Lobbyists Hire Hollywood Actor to Make Pitch to Congress
Sure, he can act, but can he plug the Pell Grant?
The Committee for Education Funding, an umbrella group of nearly 100 education organizations, turned to Hollywood last week to find a visible spokesman for its cause.
Peter Horton, an actor on The Geena Davis Show, pitched the committee's campaign to increase federal spending on education to a House of Representatives subcommittee that appropriates money for education. The Committee for Education Funding
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