ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AMENDMENTS OF 1979

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1725

TO AMEND THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964 TO
ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY CONSERVATION
SERVICES PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENABLE LOW-INCOME AND
NEAR-POOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN
ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

OCTOBER 30, 1979

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1980

Savitz, Dr. Maxine, Acting Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Solar

Application, Department of Energy, accompanied by Richard Kessler, office

of General Counsel; Sandra Monje, Office of Weatherization Assistance;

Frank Stewart, Director of State and Local Conservation Programs; and

Carolyn Martin, Acting Director, Weatherization Assistance Program

Knapp, Charles B., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training,

Department of Labor, accompanied by Marilyn Shea, Office of the Deputy

Assistant Secretary, and Chris Richter, Office of Community Employment

Programs

Saul, Richard, Director, Community Services Administration Energy Program,

accompanied by Jack Snell, Director, Office of Energy Programs, and Richard

Crenshaw, Manager of Weatherization Demonstration Project, National Bu-

reau of Standards.......

O'Neill, Hon. Tom, Lieutenant Governor, State of Massachusetts, representing

the National Governors Association, accompanied by Joan Wills

Davis, Alan, managing attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston,

Mass

Deen, David L., director, Southeastern Vermont Community Action, Bellows

Falls, Vt.; MacDonald Stacks, director, community action program of Lancas-

ter County, Lancaster, Pa.; Allen R. Coleman, director, Commission on

Economic Opportunity for Rensselaer County, Troy, N.Y.; Dina Hunter,

energy project coordinator, Community Services Department, San Bernar-

dino, Calif.; and Charles Braithwait, director, West Central Missouri Rural

Development Corp., Appleton City, Mo., a panel

Raphael, David, executive director, Rural America; and Cushing Dolbeare,

president, National Low-Income Housing Coalition..

STATEMENTS

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations,

Kenneth Young, director, department of legislation, prepared statement

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Anthony P.

Carnevale, director of legislation, prepared statement

Baltimore Fuel Fund Inc., prepared statement

Center for Urban Environmental Studies, Inc., Hon. Larry Young, president,

prepared statement.....

Davis, Alan, managing attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston,

Mass

Deen, David L., director, Southeastern Vermont Community Action, Bellows

Falls, Vt.; MacDonald Stacks, director, community action program of Lancas-

ter County, Lancaster, Pa.; Allen R. Coleman, director, Commission on

Economic Opportunity for Rensselaer County, Troy, N.Y.; Dina Hunter,

energy project coordinator, Community Services Department, San Bernar-

dino, Calif.; and Charles Braithwait, director, West Central Missouri Rural

Development Corp., Appleton City, Mo., a panel

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Prepared statement

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Dolbeare, Cushing N., president, National Low-Income Housing Coalition,

prepared statement.......

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