SENATOR OSTEN STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR LAMONT’S PLAN TODAY TO RELEASE LIHEAP FUNDING EARLY AND SET ASIDE MORE FUNDS IN JANUARY

“I’ve been talking with the governor’s office for about a month on this. With home heating oil prices nearly double what they were last year at this time, there was no way we were going to keep people warm doing business as usual. That wasn’t going to cut it. We are in crisis mode right now. These steps today — filling tanks early and making more assistance available mid-winter — that’s going to make a real difference. We might even save a few lives.”

-State Senator Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, Senate Chair of the Appropriations Committee