States determine eligibility and benefit levels.
Several states in the Northeast have faced a substantial increase in home heating costs this winter. Fuel costs in some areas have reached their highest point since the Gulf War. Along with my colleagues from the Massachusetts delegation, I have been strongly urging the Administration to provide home heating oil assistance to the families who need it most. Anyone who purchases home heating oil or fills up at the gas station knows that the price of oil has increased dramatically. The bad weather we've been having recently doesn't help.