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Press ReleaseBipartisan2026-09-18

As Home-Heating Season Approaches, Welch Joins Reed, Collins, Murkowski & Colleagues Urge Trump Admin to Swiftly Release LIHEAP Funding

Peter Welch
Peter Welch
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This press release from Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) was published on 2026-09-18 and titled "As Home-Heating Season Approaches, Welch Joins Reed, Collins, Murkowski & Colleagues Urge Trump Admin to Swiftly Re".

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As Home-Heating Season Approaches, Welch Joins Reed, Collins, Murkowski & Colleagues Urge Trump Admin to Swiftly Release LIHEAP Funding

26,000 Vermonters Rely on LIHEAP for Home Energy Assistance WASHINGTON, D.C. – As energy costs rise and with winter fast approaching, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and 27 bipartisan colleagues in urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release funds for the Low-Income Home Energy [ ]
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