THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release December 18,
2000
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Today, I am directing my Administration to release $156 million to
help low-income households throughout the nation cope with substantial
increases in home heating fuel costs. The significant and sustained rise
in energy costs has posed a special burden on low-income families, in many
cases forcing them to choose between food and other essentials or a bare
minimum of heat in these winter months. Releasing these heating funds today
will ease the burden on the nation?s low-income families by helping cover
their higher home heating costs in the cold weeks and months to come.
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