Six governors recently wrote to U.S. House and Senate authorization leaders regarding the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, urging lawmakers to secure the maximum funding level for low-income families within the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill.
Members of the Coalition of Northeastern Governors asked Congress to maintain the current language from the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 so that states can efficiently assist low-income households with the delivery of essential home heating oil or restoration of vital gas or electric utility service as soon as winter weather arrives.




