新英格兰六州州长联名吁国会增拨30亿美元取暖援助：取暖油价料涨约五成
新英格兰六州州长 11月9日联名致信国会两院拨款委员会领导人，呼吁为联邦低收入家庭能源援助计划（LIHEAP）增拨 30 亿美元，把计划总规模提高到 70 亿美元，以应对今冬取暖成本上涨。
联名信由康涅狄格州州长 Ned Lamont 领衔，马萨诸塞州、罗得岛州、缅因州、新罕布什尔州州长 Kelly Ayotte 与佛蒙特州州长共同签署，收信人为众议院拨款委员会主席 Tom Cole、资深委员 Rosa DeLauro 与参议院拨款委员会主席 Susan Collins、副主席 Patty Murray。
州长们在信中引述东北能源援助董事协会的预测称，今冬取暖油价料上涨约 50%，东北地区低收入家庭取暖油开支可能因此多出近 11 亿美元。（来源：康涅狄格州州长办公室）
Six New England Governors Urge Congress to Add $3 Billion for LIHEAP Heating Aid: Oil Prices Projected Up About 50 Percent
The governors of all six New England states wrote to the leaders of the congressional appropriations committees on November 9, urging Congress to provide an additional $3 billion for the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), bringing total program funding to $7 billion ahead of rising heating costs this winter.
The letter was led by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and signed by the governors of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte, and addressed to House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole and Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro and Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins and Vice Chair Patty Murray.
Citing projections from the Northeast Energy Assistance Directors Association, the governors said heating oil prices are projected to increase by approximately 50 percent this winter, which could cost low-income households in the Northeast nearly $1.1 billion more for heating oil. (Source: Office of the Governor of Connecticut)
来源：康涅狄格州州长办公室
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