Low-income families will be eligible for energy assistance from a $66.3 million federal grant to stay warm this winter.
Senator Barbara Mikulski said that too many are seeing their personal financial resources being stretched by the high cost of energy.
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Senator Ben Cardin added that seniors, young children and disabled citizens are particularly vulnerable to the cold weather.
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In October, the Maryland Democrats joined with 38 other Senate colleagues in a bipartisan request for the assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
