[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H14263-H14264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        FULL FUNDING FOR LIHEAP

  (Mr. MOAKLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, winters in Massachusetts can get pretty 
cold. This Sunday, with the windchill, it went down to below zero--and 
we're not even half way into December.
  These low temperatures mean that a lot of homes can get dangerously 
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in the winter--especially if families have trouble paying high heating 
bills.
  That's why the Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP, is so 
important and that's why 180 of my colleagues and I are going to do 
everything we can to make sure it isn't eliminated. We've written a 
letter asking for full funding for LIHEAP.
  Mr. Speaker, I would tell my colleagues who may vote to kill LIHEAP--
It's cold out there. The rich don't need another tax break. Please keep 
the heat on.

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