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1 October
5:50 pm

We're getting forty million dollars. That's gonna buy half as much fuel oil for low income families as we got last year.

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Hannah Pingree, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (NEWS CENTER Maine)

5:50 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure for LIHEAP funding cited, with a claim that it buys half as much as last year — a specific comparative assertion about purchasing power that can be verified against actual LIHEAP allocations and fuel oil prices.
What we foundThe $40 million figure is broadly accurate for Maine's LIHEAP allocation, and prices are dramatically higher, but the '81% price increase' data means the same dollars buy roughly 55% of last year's fuel — not 'half' — making the claim directionally sound but numerically imprecise.
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