school thing, let s eliminate that. that will save us some money, but the core functions of the program are sustained. that s how we re approaching all of these cuts. on the light heat program, the home assistance heating program, we doubled the doubled the home heating assistance program when i first came into office in part because there was a huge energy spike and so folks if we had just kept it at the same level, folks would have been in real trouble. energy prices have now gone down, but the cost of the program costs of the program have stayed the same, so what we said is let s go back to a more sustainable level. if it turns out that once again you see a huge energy spike, then we can revisit it. but let s not just assume because it s at a $5 billion level that each year we re going to sustain it at a
but for example, on the summer school thing, let s eliminate that. that will save us some money, but the core functions of the program are sustained. that s how we re approaching all of these cuts. on the liheap program, the home heating assistance program, we doubled the home heating assistance program when i came into office in part because there was a huge energy spike. and so folks, if we had just kept it at the same level, folks would have been in real trouble. energy prices have now gone down, but the costs of the program have stayed the same. so what we ve said is, well, let s go back to a more sustainable level. if it turns out that once again you see a huge energy spike, then we can revisit it. but let s not just assume because it s at a $5 billion level that each year we re going to sustain it at a $5 billion
served by the pell grant program are still being served, but, for example, on the summer school thing, let s eliminate that. that will save us some money, but the core functions of the program are sustained. that s how we re approaching all of these cuts. on the liheap program, the home heating assistance program, we doubled the home heating assistance program when i first came into office in part because there was a huge energy spike, and so folks, if we just kept it at the same level, folks would have been in real trouble. energy prices have now gone down but the cost of the program has stayed the same. so what we ve said is let s go back to a more sustainable level. if it turns out that, once again, you see a huge energy spike, then we can revisit it, but let s not just assume because it s at a $5 billion
are furious. one is a cut in the home heating oil assistance program for the poor. we doubled the home heating asis tans program when i first came into office, in part, because there was a huge energy spike and so folks, if we had just kept it at the same level, folks would have been in real trouble. energy prices are gone down, but the cost of the program have stays the same. what we ve said is, well, let s go back to a more sustainable level. senator chris coons is a democrat and a member of the budget committee from delaware and he joins me live from capitol hill. thanks for stopping by. i was reading a local paper, delaware online, estimating here that 7,000 fewer households will get heating assistance, and those who do get heating assistance, the amount of money they will get will drop by 20%. so i ve got to think this is something that you may not support. that s right, richard.