Massachusetts Senators request remaining LIHEAP funding for Massachusetts families
Washington (May 22, 2017) – Massachusetts Democratic Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today asked Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to release the remaining ten percent of Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP)...
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Boston (March 20, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released a new analysis on the budget released last week by the Trump administration that calls for a $54 billion increase in defense spending, with drastic budget cuts to agencies such as the Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Health and...
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Cuts at the heart of the Massachusetts innovation economy
Washington (March 16, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the budget released today by the Trump administration. Senator Markey is a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Commerce, Science and Transportation...
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Massachusetts to get nearly $131 million in initial heating assistance
Washington (October 25, 2016) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) commended the Obama administration for releasing the initial batch of funding under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The Department of Health and Human Services today...
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Members of congressional delegation recently urged release of critical energy aid for families in need
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Congressmen Bill Keating and Joe Kennedy III applauded today's release of an additional $14,806,664 of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program...
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Senator had called for quick release of heating funds; Mass to receive $133 million
Washington (October 23, 2015) –Senator Edward J. Markey applauded the initial release of funds today to provide heating assistance under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Under this initial release, Massachusetts will receive more...
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200,000 Massachusetts low-income households rely on home energy assistance program
Boston (March 30, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined 37 Senators in a bipartisan call to Appropriations Committee leadership for increased funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). LIHEAP is the main federal program...
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Thousands of Massachusetts families have exhausted LIHEAP funds during brutal winter
WASHINGTON (February 24, 2015) – Massachusetts Democratic Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today asked the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to release the remaining $34 million in low-income energy assistance...
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$13 million expected for Massachusetts low-income and vulnerable households
Washington (January 21, 2015) – As Massachusetts bundles up this winter, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today applauded the release by the Department of Health and Human Services of an additional $13 million in LIHEAP funding for Massachusetts. The additional...
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Senator joined bipartisan group of 45 Senators calling for release of FY15 funds; nearly $132 million released for Massachusetts
BOSTON (October 15, 2014) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) applauded the decision by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to release the initial LIHEAP funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015....
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October marks beginning of heating season
BOSTON (October 2, 2014) – As the winter season approaches, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and 45 of his Senate colleagues made a bipartisan request today to the Obama administration to as quickly as possible release the maximum amount of low income energy assistance funds allowed under the...
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Citing concerns over recent price increases for natural gas in New England, U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey and a group of New England Senators called for a review of this winter’s natural gas prices to ensure that markets have been functioning properly and that prices have not been increased by speculation or manipulation.
In a letter sent...
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Award recognizes Senator’s “many years of leadership, support, and commitment to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program”; President’s budget released today cuts LIHEAP funding
WASHINGTON (March 4, 2014) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) received an award from the National Energy Assistance...
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Release follows Senators’ call for immediate distribution of remaining funds
Washington, DC – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today praised the release of more than $18 million in additional heating assistance funding for Massachusetts this winter. The release today of an additional $18.3 million by...
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Nearly $500 million available to help needy families
WASHINGTON, DC - With millions of families facing harsh weather and economic conditions and nearly $490 million still remaining this year for the nation's low-income heating assistance program following recent passage of the omnibus spending bill, Massachusetts Democratic Senators Edward J....
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Washington (December 20, 2013) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined a bipartisan group of 39 Senators in a letter to President Barack Obama calling him to fund the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) at no less than $4.7 billion in his 2015 budget proposal. The LIHEAP helps low-income households, veterans, and...
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Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742
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Markey, 39 Senators called for energy assistance relief on Thursday
Washington (November 4, 2013) - Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass) today hailed the release of $121.7 million in home energy assistance funds for Massachusetts from the Department...
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Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742
As Americans begin to experience winter weather, Markey joins 39 Senators in bipartisan letter to Obama administration
Washington (October 31, 2013) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass) joined 39 other Senators from both parties in urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to...
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200,000 MA families depend on home energy program each year
Washington (September 25, 2013) - With winter on the horizon and as Congress debates a spending plan for the remainder of the year, Senators Edward J. Markey (DMass.) and Elizabeth Warren (DMass.) joined with 32 of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Senate...
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Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836
WASHINGTON (June 6, 2013) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the House author of the original “E-Rate” program to fund computer and Internet access in schools and libraries, today applauded President Obama’s new ConnectED program that will improve broadband access for...
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