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Bipartisan Lawmakers Push for Urgent LIHEAP Funding Release

11/20/2025

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Senators Susan Collins and Chuck Grassley, urged Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to release LIHEAP funding.
Delays from a government shutdown have left low-income families, such as Heidi O’Donnell of Shokan, New York, struggling to afford heating oil.
The Trump administration plans to release $3.7 billion for LIHEAP by November's end, with distribution delayed to mid-December.

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Story summary

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Senators Susan Collins and Chuck Grassley, urged Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to release LIHEAP funding.
Delays from a government shutdown have left low-income families, such as Heidi O’Donnell of Shokan, New York, struggling to afford heating oil.
The Trump administration plans to release $3.7 billion for LIHEAP by November's end, with distribution delayed to mid-December.