NFFN’s Washington Action Day for LIHEAP
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National Fuel Funds Network's
LIHEAP Action Day
February 10, 2010
LIHEAP Action Day Participants Take Capitol Hill
2009 Report
NFFN’s LIHEAP Action Day kicked off the lobbying effort on behalf of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program on February 11th, when more than 190 NFFN members and supporters took to Capitol Hill in a coordinated effort to gain support for the federal energy assistance program.
Participation in Action Day has continued to grow each year since its inception six years ago. This year more than 200 Congressional offices were visited by Action Day participants, including many of the new members in the House 
and Senate. Educating the new members of Congress was one of the priorities of Action Day.
Action Day events included a news conference in the Rayburn House Office Building featuring six US representatives and a LIHEAP recipient from Jackson, MS. Victoria Seals explained to the news media how funds from LIHEAP had helped her meet her utility bills during a difficult period in her life. She pointed out that LIHEAP is not only important to people who live in cold weather states but to people in warm weather states too.
House of Representatives members Jim Oberstar (D-MN), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Gene Green (D-TX), Paul Hodes (D-NH), and Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) all expressed their support for maintaining LIHEAP funding at $5.1 billion and said they believed there would be more legislative opportunities to increase LIHEAP funding for the current fiscal year.
The news conference was held just as members of the House and Senate were working out a compromise on the Obama Administration’s economic recovery plan and it was learned that the $1 billion for LIHEAP that had been in the House version of the bill had been eliminated.
NFFN Chairperson Sue Montgomery Corey told reporters about how the widespread national support for LIHEAP is 
demonstrated through Action Day. American Gas Association Chairman Thomas Skains spoke of his organization’s support for LIHEAP.
The AGA, who once again opened their offices for Action Day participants to use as a base of operations, also posted blogs about Action Day on their website. Type this link into your internet browser to visit the blog -- http://www.truebluenaturalgas.org/liheap-action-day-at-least-51-billion-in-funding-for-2010
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