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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


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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