{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senators-collins-king-announce-35-million-in-initial-liheap-funding-for-maine", "Senators Collins, King Announce $35 Million in Initial LIHEAP Funding for Maine", "2014-10-15", "2014", "2014-10", "Independent", "House", "ME", "Angus King", "K000383", "www.king.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Senators Collins, King Announce $35 Million in Initial LIHEAP Funding for Maine\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tFunding will help low-income, elderly Mainers heat their homes this winter\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, October 15, 2014\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u00a0U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has released an initial $3.05 billion in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015 \u2013 $35,328,047 of which will go to Maine.\u00a0\r\nLast week, in an effort to help millions of Americans who are struggling with their energy bills as winter approaches, Senators Collins and King were among a bipartisan group of 46 Senators who wrote to the Administration requesting the immediate release of these federal heating aid funds.\r\n\u201cThe LIHEAP program assists nearly 50,000 households in Maine and remains an important lifeline that helps prevent people from having to choose between heating their home, paying their bills, or going without food or medicine,\u201d said Senators Collins and King in a joint statement.\u00a0 \u201cWe are pleased that HHS heeded our call to release these critical funds now, which will help tens of thousands of Mainers to stay warm while still being able to make ends meet.\u201d\r\nLIHEAP is a federal grant program that provides states with annual funding to operate home energy assistance programs for low-income households. In addition to helping to pay energy bills for low-income families and the elderly, LIHEAP helps to fund energy crisis intervention programs, low-cost residential weatherization and other energy-related home repairs.\r\n###", 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://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senators-collins-king-announce-35-million-in-initial-liheap-funding-for-maine"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6122901104390621, "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"}