PA Senator from Philly Slanders Marcellus, Accepts $635K in Union $

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PA State Senator Vincent Hughes
Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes from Philadelphia is smug, arrogant, and completely wrong about the Marcellus industry--and he enjoys being wrong. Maybe because he's being paid to be wrong. At a recent PA Department of Revenue Senate Appropriations Hearing (watch it below), Hughes attacked the Marcellus industry with slanders, slurs and outright lies in an attempt to paint the industry as greedy because they have resisted a severance tax on top of an impact tax. Hughes' testimony was so full of lies, so egregiously wrong, the Marcellus Shale Coalition felt compelled to respond with a document to correct the whoppers the arrogant Hughes pedaled at the hearing (see it below). Why does Hughes attack the industry? We think we know. The Commonwealth Foundation recently published the Top 10 recipients of funds received from public sector unions (including Philly teacher's unions). Senator Hughes received the second largest amount since 2010--topping $635,000. Yeah, Hughes is BOUGHT AND PAID FOR by Philly teacher's unions--the same unions Gov. Wolf has promised, repeatedly, that he would shower with money from a Marcellus Shale severance tax...

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