{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140301093545/http://johnlewis.house.gov/press-release/rep-john-lewis-possible-exhaustion-fulton-county-energy-assistance-funds", "Rep. John Lewis on Possible Exhaustion of Fulton County Energy Assistance Funds", "2013-12-03", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "John Lewis", "L000287", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "UPDATED 12/4/2013\n\u201cI was very disturbed to hear today that Metro Atlanta residents had gathered near the Department of Labor after being turned away from the Partnership for Community Action on Covington Highway this morning hoping to apply for energy assistance, and they encountered problems.\u00a0 Even though there have been automatic cuts to some federal spending programs that have dramatically affected many of my constituents in the 5th District, this program is not one of them.\n\u00a0\n\u201cThe funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) has not been subject to automatic cuts.\u00a0 In fact, funding was disbursed to Georgia by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at the beginning of November.\u00a0 I received notices in my office saying that the application process would begin for seniors on November 14 and the remaining applicants in Fulton County on December 1.\n\u00a0\n\u201cOur preliminary review of federal records shows that the state of Georgia actually received slightly more this year than in 2013--$60.441 million in FY2014 as compared to $60.387 million in FY2013, about a $54,000 difference.\u00a0 And national funding for LIHEAP has also remained fairly steady, FY 2014 - $3.29 billion and FY2013 - $3.21 billion.\u00a0 Though there are many reasons to try to press this Congress to be more productive, this apparently is not one of them.\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u201cPeople from my office have been reaching out to HHS and the Fulton-Atlanta Community Action Authority (FACAA) today to determine what happened this morning and why there is some question as to whether funds have already been depleted for this winter.\u00a0 We have not confirmed this as a fact at this time, but are still inquiring to get more information. When I receive more details, I will share them.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140301093545/http://johnlewis.house.gov/press-release/rep-john-lewis-possible-exhaustion-fulton-county-energy-assistance-funds"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6561825759708881, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}