[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 209 (Thursday, December 11, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H5803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          IN SUPPORT OF LIHEAP

  (Mr. BELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BELL. Mr. Speaker, winter is here, and families across the St. 
Louis region and the country are opening their utility bills with a 
knot in their stomachs.
  Right now, reckless tariff policies and economic uncertainty out of 
the White House are driving up costs across the country and squeezing 
working people who are already stretched thin with higher prices at the 
grocery store, higher rent, and stagnant wages.
  That is why, now more than ever, programs like the Low-Income Energy 
Assistance Program, LIHEAP, are so critical. Yet earlier this year, the 
Trump administration wanted to eliminate LIHEAP, a program that 
supports over 200,000 people in my home State of Missouri.
  We should be focused on lowering costs and strengthening essential 
programs, not cutting critical, lifesaving programs that people rely on 
to stay warm in the winter.
  Heating a home is not a luxury, and families in St. Louis should not 
be left out in the cold.

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