康涅狄格州牵头新英格兰六州州长致信美国国会：要求为低收入取暖援助追加30亿美元
康涅狄格州州长 Ned Lamont 11月9日在哈特福德宣布，他牵头新英格兰地区六位州长致信美国国会领导人，要求为低收入家庭能源援助计划（LIHEAP）追加30亿美元拨款，使该计划总规模达到70亿美元，帮助低收入家庭支付今冬取暖费用。
联名信由 Lamont 与马萨诸塞州州长 Maura Healey、罗德岛州州长 Dan McKee、缅因州州长 Janet Mills、新罕布什尔州州长 Kelly Ayotte、佛蒙特州州长 Phil Scott 共同签署，收信人为国会拨款委员会负责人 Tom Cole、Rosa DeLauro、Susan Collins 与 Patty Murray。
新英格兰能源援助主任协会的数据显示，今冬取暖油价格预计上涨约五成，东北地区低收入家庭将因此多支出约11亿美元取暖油费用。新英格兰地区大量住宅以燃油取暖，油价波动对低收入家庭影响直接。
LIHEAP 是联邦层面的低收入家庭能源援助计划，向各州拨款、由各州发放给合资格家庭。（来源：康涅狄格州州长办公室）
Connecticut Governor Lamont Leads New England Governors Urging Congress to Add $3 Billion for LIHEAP Heating Aid
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced in Hartford on November 9 that he led the governors of the six New England states in a letter to U.S. congressional leaders urging them to add $3 billion to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which would bring the program to $7 billion and help low-income households pay winter heating bills.
The letter was signed by Lamont together with Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee, Maine Governor Janet Mills, New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte and Vermont Governor Phil Scott, and addressed to appropriations leaders Tom Cole, Rosa DeLauro, Susan Collins and Patty Murray.
According to the New England Energy Assistance Directors Association, heating oil prices are projected to rise by about 50 percent this winter, and low-income households in the Northeast face roughly $1.1 billion in additional heating oil costs. Many homes in New England heat with oil, so price swings hit low-income families directly.
LIHEAP is the federal energy assistance program that funds states to help eligible households with heating and cooling costs. (Source: Office of the Governor of Connecticut)
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