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Jack Reed: “Like funding for food stamps and unemployment insurance, LIHEAP provides a significant multiplier effect that is…”

On the recordJune 8, 2009
Like funding for food stamps and unemployment insurance, LIHEAP provides a significant multiplier effect that is important in helping to bring us out of this recession.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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LIHEAP funding is crucial for economic recovery during uncertainty.

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