Mike Michaud represents Maine's Second District in the United States House of Representatives. This is a guest op-ed and the views expressed below are not necessarily endorsed by the Exception Magazine.
Congress is currently on a path to cut funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). With fuel prices on the rise and a stubborn economic recovery, this is absolutely the wrong time to be cutting back on this critical assistance.
Energy is a basic need and without LIHEAP assistance many Mainers are forced to make unacceptable choices, such as whether to heat their homes, put food on the table or ....