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The 'Coalition to Keep Michigan Warm' Urges Congress to Protect Funding for the 'Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program'
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(OPEN):
THIS WEEK [THE WEEK OF APRIL 8TH], REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
COALITION TO KEEP MICHIGAN WARM VISITED WASHINGTON, D-C, TO
URGE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO PROTECT FUNDING FOR THE "LOW-INCOME HOME
ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"--ALSO KNOWN AS "LIHEAP"
["LYE-HEAP"]. ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IS
SUSAN SHERER [LIKE "SHEERER"/"SHEARER"; NOT LIKE "SHARER"]--THE
C-E-O OF THE DETROIT-BASED HEAT AND WARMTH FUND...
(SHERER):
"'LIHEAP'
HAS ALREADY BEEN REDUCED BY 37-PERCENT, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS;
PRESIDENT OBAMA UNVEILED HIS 20-14-BUDGET--WHICH REDUCED
'LIHEAP'-FUNDING EVEN FURTHER. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE FUNDS [THAT]
WE RECEIVE--BUT, IN 20-12, ONLY HALF OF THE ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS IN
MICHIGAN RECEIVED FUNDING. WE ARE URGING CONGRESS TO RESTORE
'LIHEAP'-FUNDING, TO FOUR-POINT-SEVEN-BILLION DOLLARS--AND [TO]
PROTECT 'LIHEAP'-FUNDING, FOR THE HUNDREDS-OF-THOUSANDS OF
MICHIGAN-RESIDENTS THAT RELY ON THIS CRUCIAL PROGRAM."
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THE VISIT TOOK PLACE AS PART OF THE NATIONAL FUEL FUNDS NETWORK'S
ANNUAL "ACTION DAY". FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
"COALITION-TO-KEEP-MICHIGAN-WARM"-DOT-COM.
