On May 25, a bipartisan group of 43 Senators sent a letter to Senators Patty Murray, Chair, and Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Related Agencies requesting “the highest level of funding possible” for LIHEAP in fiscal year 2023.
The letter highlights the importance of LIHEAP to help struggling families pay for the cost of energy, which is at its highest price in almost a decade. It also uses NEADA data on the purchasing power of LIHEAP to make the case for robust funding. The letter was led by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), two longstanding LIHEAP champions.
Additional Signers Include:
| Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) | Michael Bennet (D-CO) |
| Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) | Cory Booker (D-NJ) |
| Sherrod Brown (D-OH) | Maria Cantwell (D-WA) |
| Thomas Carper (D-DE) | Ben Cardin (D-MD) |
| Bob Casey, Jr (D-PA) | Chris Coons (D-DE) |
| Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) | Richard Durbin (D-IL) |
| Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) | Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) |
| Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH) | John Hickenlooper (D-CO) |
| Mazie Hirono (D-HI) | Tim Kaine (D-VA) |
| Mark Kelly (D-AZ) | Angus King (I-ME) |
| Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) | Joe Manchin, III (D-WV) |
| Ed Markey (D-MA) | Bob Menendez (D-NJ) |
| Jeff Merkley (D-OR) | Christopher Murphy (D-CT) |
| Jon Ossoff (D-GA) | Alex Padilla (D-CA) |
| Gary Peters (D-MI) | Jacky Rosen (D-NV) |
| Brian Schatz (D-HI) | Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) |
| Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) | Tina Smith (D-MN) |
| Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) | Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) |
| Mark Warner (D-VA) | Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) |
| Raphael Warnock (D-GA) | Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) |
| Ron Wyden (D-OR) |