Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf vowed that he will continue his fight for the passage of a severance tax legislation.
Gov. Wolf expressed his commitment on the issue during his remarks at the Pennsylvania Press Club on Monday. He called severance tax a “common sense measure.
In his speech, the governor condemned the Republican-controlled House for refusing to vote on severance tax. He called the inaction an example of “Harrisburg dysfunction.”
According to Gov. Wolf, “Last week, the House Republican leadership could have called up a vote on this tax on big oil and gas companies, but neglected to do so. It’s well past time to pass a tax on shale. And we saw just that in the past few months after the repeated failure of the Republican House to finalize a budget deal and their refusal to pass a severance tax.”
Pennsylvanians deserve a share in prosperity from natural gas
Additionally, the governor noted that Pennsylvania is the only major gas-producing state in the U.S. without a severance tax.
