Energy

2/01/06: Dodd, Lieberman Call for Emergency Low Income Energy Assistance

Senators join request for an additional $2.92 Billion

February 1, 2006
WASHINGTON – Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman today joined a group of 27 Senators urging President Bush to support funds for home energy assistance. In a letter to the President, the senators asked him to take immediate action in supporting an additional $2.9 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for FY 2006.

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11/18/05: Dodd, Lieberman Hail Conference Approval of Transportation, Housing Appropriations Bill

November 18, 2005
WASHINGTON - The Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Conference Committee today approved a measure that, thanks in part to the efforts of Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman, will provide funding to help improve surface transportation, rail transit and promote affordable housing and community development in Connecticut and across the country. Dodd and Lieberman worked with their Senate and House colleagues to ensure that funds for a number of Connecticut projects remained in the bill providing more than $55 million in new federal funds for transportation and housing initiatives statewide.
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