John W. Olver: “for 58 days now the Republican majority has had kids and seniors in their sights. Yesterday they hit both with one shot.…”

“for 58 days now the Republican majority has had kids and seniors in their sights. Yesterday they hit both with one shot. LIHEAP, the Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program, is gone. LIHEAP helps almost 6 million families pay their heating bills in the winter. The Republican majority is willing to trade the health of children and seniors for tax giveaways for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. The Republican majority will take away heat assistance from seniors on fixed incomes and families and living on minimum wage or less to give another tax break to people making over $200,000 a year. Without LIHEAP, 144,000 families in my State of Massachusetts will have to slip meals to keep heat in their homes. Mr. Speaker, we do not have a balanced budget amendment because Republicans would not protect seniors on Social Security. That is a shame. What is worse is the Republican majority continues to streamroll seniors and struggling families. Cutting LIHEAP proves it.”