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Slen, Peter - Host
IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL FUEL FUND NETWORK IN HE IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT LIFE HE -- LIHEAP. WHAT IS IT? GUEST: A FEDERAL PROGRAM
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Coling, George - Executive Director
THAT RECEIVES THE FUNDS EVERY YEAR, MAKING FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE STATES. HOST: WHERE DOES THAT MONEY
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Slen, Peter - Host
GO? GUEST: IT HELPS PEOPLE
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Coling, George - Executive Director
THAT NEED ASSISTANCE TO PAY THEIR HOME ENERGY BILLS. HOST: EVERY YEAR,
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOW MUCH IS APPROPRIATED FOR THAT PROGRAM? GUEST: $5.1 BILLION
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Coling, George - Executive Director
ANNUALLY. HOST: AND IT HAS
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Slen, Peter - Host
BEEN STEADY AT THAT LEVEL?
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Coling, George - Executive Director
GUEST: SINCE 2009. HOST: WHO
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Slen, Peter - Host
QUALIFIES? GUEST: ONE HAS
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Coling, George - Executive Director
TO LOOK WHAT -- APPLIED AT A LOCAL AGENCY AND THE LEVEL IN THE LAW IS 150% OF THE POVERTY LEVEL. FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, THAT IS ABOUT $33,000. HOST: YOU...
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Slen, Peter - Host
TALKING ABOUT THE UNITED WAY BELLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT? -- THE UNITED WAY? LOCAL GOVERNMENT? GUEST:
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Coling, George - Executive Director
THERE ARE MULTIPLE AGENCIES, SOMETIMES STATE OR SOCIAL SERVICE OFFICES. HOST:
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Slen, Peter - Host
IS IT ALSO USED FOR COOLING IN THE SUMMER? CALLER: --
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CALLER, -
GUEST: YES. THE PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR IN 2008 AND 2009 WAS ABLE TO INSTITUTE A NUMBER OF COOLING PROGRAMS IN THE SUMMER THAT WERE NOT AROUND BEFORE HIGHER...
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Slen, Peter - Host
WHAT HAVE REPUBLICANS PROPOSED IN THEIR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET? GUEST: CUTTING OFF
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Coling, George - Executive Director
THE MONEY THAT GOES TO THE STATES, WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO TWO STRINGS, IF YOU WILL. ONE OF THEM IS SPECIFIED IN FEDERAL LAW. 600 MILLION OF THE CURRENT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
2012 BUDGET? OF GUEST: IT WOULD CUT THE PROGRAM FROM $5.1 BILLION TOTAL, BECAUSE OF THOSE FUNDING STREAMS, TO 2.5 $7 BILLION. HOST: HERE
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Slen, Peter - Host
IS WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE. HOST: ON THE HOME
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Slen, Peter - Host
HEATING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WE DOUBLED THE PROGRAM WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE IN PART BECAUSE THERE WAS A HUGE ENERGY SPIKE. IF IT HAD STAYED AT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
COLING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL FUEL FUND NETWORK, BUT IS YOUR RESPONSE? GUEST: THERE ARE FACTORS
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Coling, George - Executive Director
THAT HE DID NOT MENTION. ELECTRICITY PRICES, PARTICULARLY FUEL OIL PRICES AND PROTEIN -- PROPANE GAS THAT ARE COMMON IN THE NORTHEAST AND OTHER PARTS...
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Slen, Peter - Host
ON THE SCREEN IN CASE YOU WANT TO CALL IN AND TALK WITH OUR GUEST, GEORGE COLING. FOR REPUBLICANS, 202-737-0001. FOR DEMOCRATS, 202-737-0002. FOR INDEPENDENTS,...
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Coling, George - Executive Director
OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE NON-PROFIT GOVERNMENT AND UTILITY INDUSTRY BASE PROGRAMS THAT RAISES MONEY THROUGH CHARITABLE DONATIONS. RECIPIENTS OF THE FUEL...
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Slen, Peter - Host
FUEL FUNDS? GUEST: FUEL
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Coling, George - Executive Director
FUNDS SUPPLEMENT THE PROGRAM. OUR MEMBERS, WHICH ARE PROVIDER GROUPS, SEE THAT DESPITE HOW HARD THEY WORKED, THEY RAISE ONLY -- I SHOULD NOT SAY ONLY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: WHO ARE YOUR MEMBERS? GUEST: THE
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Coling, George - Executive Director
CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY IN NORTH CAROLINA. LARGE UTILITY COMPANIES LIKE DOMINION. THE FINAL HAVEN FUEL HOST: FIRST CALL
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Slen, Peter - Host
FOR GEORGE COLING COME FROM BUFFALO. JIM ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I HAVE A QUICK
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CALLER, -
QUESTION. IN BUFFALO, WE ARE THE HOME OF THE BUFFALO BILLS. IT IS GETTING FRUSTRATING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, AND IT IS COLD, I UNDERSTAND THE...
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Coling, George - Executive Director
CANNOT SPEAK TO THE FINANCING OF PUBLIC FACILITIES. THE NEED THAT YOU APPARENTLY AGREE WITH ME TO HAVE A WARM HOME IN THE WINTER, CERTAINLY, IS SOMETHING...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IN -- DO PEOPLE GET IT DIRECTLY, I THINK, IS WHERE HE IS GOING. GUEST: IT IS
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Coling, George - Executive Director
MAINLY A PROGRAM WHERE THE FEDERAL MONEY IS CREDITED TO THE DELIVERY OF THE FUEL. IT DOES NOT COME INTO A CHECK INTO PEOPLE'S HANDS. IN SOME CASES, IT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
FLORIDA. REBECCA. CALLER: MY COMMENT IS
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CALLER, -
A QUESTION. I HAVE SOME ADVICE ALSO TO OUR POLITICIANS. IT IS COMMON SENSE. YOU ARE GIVING $3 BILLION TO ISRAEL, WHO DOES NOT NEED THE MONEY, BUT YOU...
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Slen, Peter - Host
NEW YORK. JANE ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE REPUBLICANS, 202-737-0001 -- LIHEAP PROGRAM. CALLER: YOU
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CALLER, -
ARE GIVING ASSISTANCE TO SO-CALLED LOW INCOME PEOPLE, HOWEVER, WHAT IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO QUALIFY, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ALREADY RECEIVED HUNDREDS...
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Coling, George - Executive Director
THE ASSISTANCE GUIDELINES ARE FEDERAL GUIDELINES, AND THAT TRANSLATES DOWN TO AN INTERVIEW THAT THE RECIPIENT HAS WITH A CASE WORKER TO MAKE A DETERMINATION...
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Slen, Peter - Host
RUN THIS PROGRAM?
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Coling, George - Executive Director
GUEST: HISTORICALLY, CONGRESS TOLD THEM. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENERGY AND SECURITY AND NOT AS ROBUST HEALTH IS PRETTY CLEAR, SPECIFICALLY IN KITS,...
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Slen, Peter - Host
LIHEAP IS BASED ON TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME. INCOME MUST BE AT 150% BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. FLORIDA. LAURIE, HI. CALLER:
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GOOD MORNING, C-SPAN. IN FLORIDA, WHEN LIHEAP CAME OUT IN FLORIDA, I WONDER WHY WE DO NOT HAVE A LIST OF THESE PEOPLE? WHY DON'T THESE PEOPLE HAVE SOLAR...
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IDEA. THERE ARE SOME PILOT PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. ONE THAT I KNOW OF, SURPRISINGLY, IS IN RURAL MINNESOTA, ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO MITIGATE HOME...
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Slen, Peter - Host
TWEETSIN -- -- TWEETS IN-- CALLER: IN TERMS
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CALLER, -
OF STATES, NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA. MONEY GOES TO EVERY STATE, ACCORDING TO A FORMULA DEVISED ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO. HOST: YVONNE,
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Slen, Peter - Host
LOUISVILLE, KY. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THAT IS A
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CALLER, -
GOOD IDEA. WE NEED SOME TYPE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. I HAVE USED THE PROGRAM- -- LIHEAP PROGRAM. IT IS NOT THAT EASY. YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOUR INCOME AND...
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Slen, Peter - Host
YOU GET HELP THROUGH IN THE LIBERAL? DO YOU REMEMBER?
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CALLER, -
CALLER: COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY. IN MY AREA, THERE ARE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. HOST: THANK
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Slen, Peter - Host
YOU. ANY COMMENTS FOR HER? CALLER:GUEST:
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Coling, George - Executive Director
A COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY LIKE THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS. THE CITY. IT WOULD ONLY BE A SHORT DISTANCE TO APPLY. HOST: DO LIHEAP...
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Slen, Peter - Host
GET USED EVERY YEAR? GUEST: WHEN
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Coling, George - Executive Director
MONEY IS PASSED ON TO STATES, SOMETIMES -- I DO NOT HAVE A GOOD ANALOGY ON HAND -- BUT A STATE WILL NOT USE THEIR MONEY DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR....
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Slen, Peter - Host
NEW YORK. GINGER, REPUBLICAN LINE.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: GOOD MORNING. LONGTIME WATCHER. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME CALLING IN. I AM GETTING LIHEAP ASSISTANT. I THOUGHT PERHAPS I CAN GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
THANK YOU, AND GINGER. -- THANK YOU, GINGER. GUEST: THAT WAS AN
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Coling, George - Executive Director
ELOQUENT COMMENT BY SOMEONE IN NEED IN THE COUNTRY, SPEAKS TO THE PROPOSED CUTS IN THE REPUBLICAN BILL THAT PASSED ON SATURDAY, THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL,...
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Slen, Peter - Host
WHAT WILL BE YOUR JOB, NOW THAT THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET HAS PASSED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NEEDS TO GO TO THE SENATE? MARCH 4 IS COMING. WHAT IS...
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Coling, George - Executive Director
TO CONVINCE THE SENATE AND HOUSE PROCESS TO COME OFUP WITH A RESTORATION THAT THE REPUBLICAN BILL WOULD CUT. AT THE SAME TIME, IT WOULD GET THEIR ATTENTION,...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, IT IS LIHEAP -- IS LIHEAP AFFECTED? GUEST: GOOD
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Coling, George - Executive Director
QUESTION. STATE NOW HAVE THE MONEY IN THEIR TREASURIES. I THINK THERE WOULD BE NO SIGNIFICANT CHECKS NOT BEING MAILED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. STATES...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: LOUISIANA. YOU ARE ON WITH JAMES -- GEORGE COLING. CALLER: I AM A
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CALLER, -
RECIPIENT OF LIHEAP. SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN PREVIOUS, I WORKED ALL MY LIFE AS A NURSE. I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT PREVENTS ME FROM WORKING, BECAUSE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
YOU. GUEST:
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Coling, George - Executive Director
AGAIN, AN ELOQUENT STATEMENT FROM MISSISSIPPI. I HOPE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES ARE LISTENING TO THAT KIND OF VOICE. HOST:
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOW EFFICIENT, IN YOUR VIEW, IS THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LIHEAP PROGRAM? GUEST: THERE IS ONLY 10%
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Coling, George - Executive Director
USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COST. IT IS QUITE SUFFICIENT. 90% IS ACTUAL CASH. HOST: IS THAT AND STANDARD
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Slen, Peter - Host
OF OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAMS? GUEST: MOST
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Coling, George - Executive Director
ARE LESS. HOST: NANCY IN
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Slen, Peter - Host
NEW JERSEY. GO AHEAD. CALLER: I AM
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CALLER, -
SYMPATHETIC ON THOSE WHO ARE DEPENDENT ON LIHEAP, BUT I WORKED WITH PUBLIC PROGRAMS FOR A WHILE AND I SAW THESE PROGRAMS ABUSE QUITE A BIT. THERE ARE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
MR. COLING, ANY COMMENT? GUEST: THE
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Coling, George - Executive Director
CHALLENGE OF DISBURSING MONEY TO THE PUBLIC IS OUT THERE. THERE ARE VARIOUS CRITERIA REVIEWED EVERY YEAR BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THERE IS CURRENTLY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
ARE A LOT OF COMMERCIALS FEATURING JOE KENNEDY AND HIS FUEL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS TO SICKO AND VENEZUELA. HE MENTIONS BOTH. IT IS THAT CONNECTION...
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Coling, George - Executive Director
MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE APPLIED FOR LIHEAP. JUST LIKE IN ANOTHER AREA, SOMEONE MAY RECEIVE THEIR LIHEAP BENEFIT BUT THEY ALSO STILL NEED HELP, AND THEN THEY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. BILL ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: I WILL MAKE
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CALLER, -
IT CLEAR. I AM POOR. I CAN AFFORD MY HEATING BUT I KEEP IT AT 65. MY FRIEND DOWN THE STREET PERCEIVES AS PUBLIC HEATING ASSISTANCE. HE KEEPS HIS AROUND...
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Coling, George - Executive Director
IS NOT.
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: TOLEDO. PATRICK. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING,
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CALLER, -
GENTLEMEN. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO START. IT SEEMS OUR GOVERNMENT IS LOST FROM REALITY. I WAS WATCHING HOW THESE BIG OIL AND GAS COMPANIES ARE DRILLING...
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Slen, Peter - Host
MR. COLING, ANY COMMENT? GUEST: HE IS SPEAKING
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Coling, George - Executive Director
ABOUT A NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY WHICH PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT ALL THE TIME. I WANT TO FOCUS MY TIME HERE ON PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO MANY MILLIONS WHO NEED...
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Slen, Peter - Host
THIS WINTER BEEN ESPECIALLY BAD, EXPENSIVE? GUEST: GAS PRICES --
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Coling, George - Executive Director
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESIDENT'S POINT -- HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY LEVEL FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. IT IS DEPENDENT ON YOUR FUEL PRICES. I'M BELIEVE THEY ARE UP...
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Slen, Peter - Host
PEORIA, ILLINOIS. FAMILY. GO AHEAD. CALLER: IT IS
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CALLER, -
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN YOU ARE LIVING BELOW POVERTY LEVEL, SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU EARN $800 A MONTH...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: MR. COLING? GUEST: THE INTAKE
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Coling, George - Executive Director
HAD A LOCAL AGENCY -- THE INTAKE EMPLOYEE AT A LOCAL AGENCY WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I AM NOT CERTAIN ON EXACTLY HOW MUCH OTHER ASSISTANCE IS INCLUDED....
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Slen, Peter - Host
IN -- BORDER TOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. BILL ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR
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C-SPAN. I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS EASY TO ANSWER. IN 2005, 2006, HOW MUCH WAS LIHEAP RECEIVING? HOW MUCH WERE THEY RECEIVING...
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Slen, Peter - Host
PICK 2005 AS A TARGET HERE? CALLER: I DO NOT
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CALLER, -
KNOW. FIVE, SIX YEARS BACK. GUEST: I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT
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Coling, George - Executive Director
IN 2005 IT WAS $2.1 BILLION. THE PROGRAM SERVED 15%. 5.1 THIS YEAR. IT WENT UP 25% OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE, ACCORDING TO FEDERAL GUIDELINES....
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: NEXT PHONE CALL. PITTSBURG. CALLER: I AM A
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CALLER, -
SENIOR CITIZEN, A 60-YEARS OLD -- 60 YEARS OLD. I AM HERE WITH MY THERMOSTAT ON 55 DEGREES. I USE THERMAL UNDERWEAR DURING THE DAY. A PERSON FROM NEW...
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Coling, George - Executive Director
A DIFFICULT ISSUE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE THE UTILITY ONE MORE TRY. THERE MAY BE A TERRIBLE PROGRAM THAT SHE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR -- CHARITABLE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL FUEL FUNDS NETWORK. ARE THERE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ASSIST WITH ENERGY, BESIDES LIHEAP, THAT PEOPLE CAN APPLY...
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Coling, George - Executive Director
CHERRY-BASED -- CHERRY-BASED PROGRAMS AVAILABLE THROUGH YOUR -- CHARITY-BASED PROGRAMS AVAILABLE THROUGH YOUR UTILITY.
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: FEDERAL PROGRAMS? GUEST:
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Coling, George - Executive Director
LIHEAP IS THE MAIN PROGRAM. HOST: COMING UP, AND
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Slen, Peter - Host
GEORGE THURBER -- JAMES THURBER. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT'S COMING HERE ON PRESIDENT'S DAY, MEMBERS IN CONGRESS, BUT NEXT, PETE SEPP, TO...
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REPORTS THAT BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON IS IN EGYPT ON AN UNANNOUNCED VISIT. HE PLANS TO MEET WITH ALL OPPOSITION PARTIES, EXCEPT THE MUSLIM...
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