From his website: "Congressman Bernie Sanders will hold a press conference on Tuesday, February 7 at the John Graham Emergency Service Shelter to announce the details of the discounted home heating oil program with the Venezuelan government.
Sanders will be joined at the press conference by Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez, CITGO CEO Felix Rodriquez, former U.S. Rep. and current president of Citizens Energy Joseph Kennedy, as well as representatives from the Vermont Fuel Dealers and the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity.
The participants will sign the contract for the reduced cost heating oil and make the first delivery of the discounted oil to the shelter.
Under the deal brokered by Sanders, more than 2.5 million gallons of discounted home heating oil will be brought into Vermont. 2.4 million gallons of the oil will be sold at a 40% discount to individual participants of Vermont’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Crisis Fuel Assistance Program, and the WARMTH Program.
The remaining 108,000 gallons of fuel will be distributed free of charge to homeless shelters throughout Vermont."