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Did Derrick Van Orden help pass Workforce Pell Grants?

Matches stated direction. He voted for the 2025 tax and spending law that created them, at both House votes; the votes were on the whole bill.

Derrick Van Orden

Workforce Pell Grants

Matches stated direction

What they say

At the October 20 Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, Van Orden said that he and others worked hard to get Workforce Pell Grants through, so that people who want to work with their hands can.

What the record shows ·

Workforce Pell Grants are section 83002 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21. He voted Yea on House passage on May 22, 2025, 215-214 (Roll Call 145), and Aye on the final House vote on July 3, 2025, 218-214 (Roll Call 190).

Limit: His votes are on the whole bill, not on the Pell section alone. How hard he worked on it is not something the record shows.

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  1. Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, October 20: Van Orden on Workforce Pell Grantshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sCa_4llPFE&t=1225s

    WEAU · Published Oct 20, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    20:25. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

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  2. Roll Call 145, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published May 22, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2025 (215 to 214), read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by member ID V000135: Yea.

    official legislative record

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  3. Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025 (218 to 214), read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by member ID V000135: Aye. This vote sent the bill to the President.

    official legislative record

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  4. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ21

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Read from the GovInfo package text on 2026-10-22. Contains "SEC. 70106. EXTENSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF INCREASED ESTATE AND GIFT TAX EXEMPTION AMOUNTS" and "SEC. 83002. WORKFORCE PELL GRANTS".

    official legislative record

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