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C. W. Bill Young: “It is wonderful to watch a deathbed conversion, because with regard to LIHEAP, the very fact of the matter is that over…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2000
It is wonderful to watch a deathbed conversion, because with regard to LIHEAP, the very fact of the matter is that over and over and over again the majority party has in fact opposed LIHEAP. Not only that, they have tried to abolish the Energy Department in 1995, they proposed to abolish LIHEAP and, furthermore, what they tried to do with LIHEAP is to really, in a very Scrooge-like plan, force millions of very low-income families to make the choice between food and heat.
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C. W. Bill Young
Republican · Florida
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing opposition to LIHEAP and the impact on low-income families.

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