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KAREN: EMOTIONALLY WRENCHING AND
00:00:33RIVETING DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
THIS WEEK ON THE HEARTBEAT BILL.
00:00:35AND GOV. JOHN KASICH HAS TRIED
SEVERAL TIMES TO HIKE THE TAX ON
00:00:38OIL AND GAS DRILLERS WITHOUT
SUCCESS.
00:00:40WE'LL HEAR TWO PERSPECTIVES ON
INCREASING THE STATE SEVERANCE
00:00:42TAX.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:44OHIO."
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00:00:53KAREN: THE CONTROVERSIAL BILL
THAT WOULD BAN ABORTION AFTER
00:00:59THE FIRST DETECTABLE FETAL
HEARTBEAT PASSED THE OHIO HOUSE,
00:01:02LARGELY ON A PARTY LINE VOTE.
THE EMOTION IN THE DEBATE WAS NO
00:01:05REAL SURPRISE, BUT ONE
REVELATION WAS.
00:01:08REPUBLICAN RON HOOD OF ASHVILLE
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO IS ONE OF
00:01:11THE LEADING CO-SPONSORS OF THE
SO-CALLED HEARTBEAT BILL.
00:01:14AFTER TELLING AN EMOTIONAL STORY
ABOUT LOSING A SON TO
00:01:18STILLBIRTH, HOOD REPEATED ON THE
HOUSE FLOOR WHAT'S BEEN SAID
00:01:21ABOUT THE SO-CALLED HEARTBEAT
BILL FOR YEARS.
00:01:23REP HOOD: WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO
GET THE COURTS TO RECOGNIZE LIFE
00:01:28AT HEARTBEAT.
KAREN: THERE ARE 50 SPONSORS OF
00:01:31THE BILL, 49 REPUBLICANS AND ONE
DEMOCRAT SO IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR
00:01:37, IT WAS GOING TO PASS.
THE DEBATE WAS PASSIONATE AND
00:01:39EMOTIONAL, DRAWING ON RELIGION,
LEGAL PRECEDENT AND STORIES OF
00:01:40PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF
CONSTITUENTS.
00:01:42REP. JOHNSON: IF PASSING A BILL
WOULD MAKE IT GO AWAY, WE SHOULD
00:01:51PASS BILLS OUTLAWING DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND HEROINE.
00:01:53FOLKS, PASSING IT DOESN'T
MAKE IT GO AWAY.
00:01:57CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTION
THROUGH THESE MEANS IS TURNING
00:02:01YOUR BACK ON YOUR OATH, THE OATH
YOU SWORE TO UNDER GOD TO
00:02:06UPHOLD.
REP. YOUNG: I SWORE TO UPHOLD
00:02:09OUR CONSTITUTION.
I DID NOT SWEAR TO UPHOLD ROE
00:02:12VERSUS WADE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HEAR
00:02:15REFERENCES CONTINUALLY TO THE
SUPREME COURT.
00:02:16WE THINK OF IT IN THOSE TERMS,
THE SUPREME COURT.
00:02:24BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS ANOTHER
COURT SUPREME TO THAT, AND THERE
00:02:29IS A JUDGE THAT IS TO BRING TO
ANY JUDGE ON THE SUPREME COURT,
00:02:36AND IF YOU READ THE OATH
CAREFULLY, HE IS THE ONE THAT WE
00:02:39SWORE ALLEGIANCE TO.
HE IS THE ONE WE SWORE WE WILL
00:02:44BE ANSWERABLE TO SOMEDAY FOR THE
DECISIONS WE MAKE IN OUR VOTES
00:02:49RIGHT HERE IN THIS HOUSE.
REP. CURTIN: WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO
00:02:55CLAIM TO BE MORE VIRTUOUS.
WE ARE NOT MORALLY SUPERIOR.
00:03:01WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO CLAIM THAT
GOD FAVORS US OVER THEM.
00:03:08GOD HELP ANYONE OF US WHO CLAIMS
THAT EXALTED STATUS.
00:03:13TO PASS THIS LEGISLATION, TO
GIVE A POWERFUL GOVERNMENT THE
00:03:21SUPREME POWER TO DICTATE TO THAT
COUPLE WHAT THEY MUST DO IN
00:03:26THEIR MOST SACRED SPACES IN
THEIR TIME OF CRISIS IS A
00:03:31PROFOUND ABUSE OF POWER.
REP. HAGAN: THIS BILL IS VERY
00:03:38MUCH ABOUT LOVING WOMEN.
THIS BILL IS ABOUT LOVING WOMEN
00:03:44AND LOVING CHILDREN AND
PROVIDING THAT EXTENSION OF
00:03:46RIGHTS TO THE UNBORN.
REP. STRAHORN: WE TALK A LOT
00:03:49ABOUT FREEDOM IN AMERICA COME IN
OHIO.
00:03:52THERE IS NO GREATER THREAT TO
FREEDOM THAN THE INTRUSION OF
00:03:56GOVERNMENT ON A WOMAN'S BODY.
THERE IS NOT.
00:03:58KAREN: BUT PERHAPS NO COMMENTS
WERE MORE EMOTIONAL THAN THOSE
00:04:01OF TERESA FEDOR OF TOLEDO, WHO
SAID SHE RESPECTED THE VIEWS AND
00:04:04PERSONAL STORIES OF THOSE
SUPPORTING THE BILL.
00:04:07REP. FEDOR: BUT YOU DON'T
RESPECT MY REASON, MY RAPE, MY
00:04:14ABORTION.
KAREN: FEDOR HAD SAID SHE DIDN'T
00:04:19WANT THAT TO MAKE THE NEWS,
BECAUSE SHE SAID IN AN INTERVIEW
00:04:21LATER SHE HADN'T EVEN TOLD HER
MOTHER ABOUT IT.
00:04:23THE HEARTBEAT BILL, WHICH
INCLUDES NO EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE
00:04:26OR INCEST, PASSED THE HOUSE
55-40.
00:04:29NOW IT HEADS TO THE SENATE,
WHERE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT KEITH
00:04:32FABER SAID THAT WHILE HE AGREES
WITH THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE
00:04:34HEARTBEAT BILL, HE'S STILL
WAITING FOR A LEGAL SCHOLAR TO
00:04:37COME FORWARD AND SAY THE
-- SAY IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
00:04:43THE HEARTBEAT BILL PASSED THE
HOUSE IN 2012, BUT THEN STALLED
00:04:45IN THE SENATE.
IT WAS REINTRODUCED IN THE LAST
00:04:46GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND DIED IN A
FLOOR VOTE DURING THE LAME DUCK
00:04:50SESSION IN DECEMBER.
BUT BACKERS SAY THIS IS THE
00:04:52LONGEST PERIOD THEY'VE EVER HAD
TO CONVINCE SENATORS TO SUPPORT
00:04:57IT, SO THEY FEEL CONFIDENT THEY
CAN GET IT PASSED.
00:05:00THE $7 BILLION TRANSPORTATION
BUDGET IS A GO.
00:05:03THE HOUSE AND SENATE AGREED TO
IT THIS WEEK, THOUGH THERE WERE
00:05:05SOME CHANGES.
THE SENATE ADDED AND THEN
00:05:08REMOVED A PROVISION HIKING THE
SPEED LIMIT TO 75 MILES PER HOUR
00:05:12ON THE TURNPIKE AND SOME RURAL
ROADS.
00:05:14THE SENATE ALSO SPARKED
CONTROVERSY BY ADDING A
00:05:18PROVISION REQUIRING OUT OF STATE
CAR OWNERS TO REGISTER THEIR
00:05:22CARS AND GET OHIO DRIVERS'
LICENSES IF THEY WANT TO VOTE IN
00:05:24OHIO.
DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST THE
00:05:27TRANSPORTATION BUDGET BECAUSE OF
THAT ADDITION, WHICH THEY SAY
00:05:34UNFAIRLY TARGETS MORE THAN
100,000 OUT OF STATE COLLEGE
00:05:40STUDENTS, AND THAT POPULATION
OFTEN VOTES DEMOCRATIC.
00:05:42THEY'RE ASKING GOV. JOHN KASICH
TO USE HIS LINE-ITEM VETO ON
00:05:43THAT SECTION.
BUT REPUBLICAN SECRETARY OF
00:05:45STATE JON HUSTED SAYS THE
PROVISION CREATES NO BARRIER FOR
00:05:47VOTERS, AND REPUBLICAN LEADERS
SAY THE PROVISION JUST SETS OUT
00:05:50A TIMELINE FOR GETTING A
DRIVER'S LICENSE AFTER
00:05:53ESTABLISHING RESIDENCY, WHICH 44
OTHER STATES ALREADY HAVE.
00:05:58AFTER WEEKS OF TALKS,
REPUBLICANS WHO LEAD THE OHIO
00:06:00HOUSE AND SENATE STRUCK A DEAL
ON WHAT THEY SAY WILL CRACK DOWN
00:06:05ON POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TOXINS
THAT TURNED PART OF LAKE ERIE
00:06:08GREEN AND LEFT NEARLY HALF A
MILLION PEOPLE IN TOLEDO UNABLE
00:06:11TO USE THE WATER LAST SUMMER.
THE DEAL CAME IN THE FORM OF
00:06:15SENATE BILL 1, WHICH BANS THE
APPLICATION OF MANURE ON FROZEN,
00:06:19SNOW-COVERED, OR RAIN-SATURATED
FARMLAND.
00:06:22REPUBLICAN SENATE PRESIDENT
KEITH FABER IS FROM CELINA,
00:06:35REPRESENTING WHAT HE CALLS THE
LARGEST AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT IN
00:06:37THE STATE.
HE SAID LAWMAKERS WANTED TO MAKE
00:06:38SURE FARMING WAS STILL VIABLE.
SEN. FABER: BUT IF I ABILITY
00:06:46SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH A
LACK OF STEWARDSHIP, AND
00:06:47EXCESSIVE USE OF ORGANIC
FERTILIZERS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
00:06:49THIS BILL WILL MAKE MEANINGFUL
CHANGES INTO THAT PROCESS.
00:06:52KAREN: PART OF THE COMPLEXITIES
OF THE BILL CAME IN THE FORM OF
00:06:57EXEMPTIONS, INCLUDING A GRACE
PERIOD GIVING FARMERS TIME TO
00:07:02ADJUST TO THE NEW STANDARDS.
STATEHOUSE LEADERS HAVE ALREADY
00:07:05PASSED MEASURES TO REQUIRE
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS AND
00:07:06BETTER FERTILIZER APPLICATION
PRACTICES.
00:07:07FARMERS GROUPS AND
ENVIRONMENTALISTS LIKE THE DEAL
00:07:09- BOTH THE OHIO FARM BUREAU AND
THE OHIO FARMERS' UNION ARE
00:07:11SUPPORTING IT, ALONG WITH THE
OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL.
00:07:14ADAM RISSIEN IS THE DIRECTOR OF
AGRICULTURAL POLICY AT THE OEC,
00:07:18AND SAYS WHILE THIS IS A START,
THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO.
00:07:22ADAM: SENATE BILL ONE IS A GOOD
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
00:07:28I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE
NEED TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS,
00:07:34UNTIL WE PREVENT ACCESS
APPLICATION, NOT JUST IMPROPER
00:07:35TIMING OF THE APPLICATIONS, WE
ARE STILL GOING TO BE SEEING AT
00:07:38THIS POLLUTION.
KAREN: THERE ARE OTHER BILLS UP
00:07:41FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S
CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING ONE
00:07:43THAT WOULD ADDRESS CONCERNS WITH
THE STANDARDS FOR WASTE WATER
00:07:45TREATMENT PLANTS AND PUBLIC
WATER SYSTEMS.
00:07:47LAWMAKERS HAD IDENTIFIED THE
TOXIC ALGAE BILL AS A PRIORITY
00:07:50JUST AS REPUBLICAN GOV. JOHN
KASICH HAS POINTED TO THE
00:07:53SEVERANCE TAX ON OIL AND GAS
DRILLERS AS A PRIORITY TO HIM.
00:07:58KASICH'S BUDGET INCLUDES A 6.5%
SEVERANCE TAX, MUCH LARGER THAN
00:08:00THE 2.5% SEVERANCE TAX THAT WAS
PASSED BY THE REPUBLICAN-LED
00:08:04OHIO HOUSE LAST YEAR.
I SAT DOWN RECENTLY WITH SHAWN
00:08:11BENNETT, THE EXECUTIVE VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE OHIO OIL AND
00:08:13GAS ASSOCIATION TO TALK ABOUT
KASICH'S SEVERANCE TAX PROPOSAL
00:08:15AND WHAT THE INDUSTRY THINKS
SHOULD BE DONE.
00:08:19SO LET'S START -- GOVERNOR
KASICH HAS TALKED ABOUT THE
00:08:22CURRENT SEVERANCE TAX BY
DISPLAYING TWO DIMES, AND SAID
00:08:27THAT THAT IS THE TAX ON THE
BARREL OF OIL IN OHIO.
00:08:31THAT IS INSIGNIFICANT TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE
00:08:34TALK ABOUT A LIMITED RESOURCE,
AND ALSO BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE
00:08:38INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
DAMAGE HERE.
00:08:39TELL ME, WHY IS TWO DIMES AND
APPROPRIATE SEVERANCE TAX IN
00:08:43OHIO?
SHAWN: $.20 ON A BARREL OF OIL.
00:08:47IT IS WHAT IT IS ACTUALLY USED
FOR, AND THAT IS TO MAKE SURE WE
00:08:53ARE PROPERLY REGULATED.
THE SEVERANCE TAX IN OHIO FOR
00:08:57ALL EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES ARE
BASED UPON THE PURPOSE OF MAKING
00:09:02SURE WE ARE WELL-REGULATED.
KAREN: $.20 PER BARREL OF OIL IS
00:09:04ENOUGH APPROPRIATE REGULATION ON
THE INDUSTRY?
00:09:08SHAWN: IF YOU LOOK AT PAST
NUMBERS, WE RAISED OVER $60
00:09:13MILLION TO HAVE ODNR REGULATE US
AND THAT IS JUST FROM SHALE
00:09:17OPERATORS.
KAREN: OBVIOUSLY, GOVERNOR
00:09:24KASICH HAS DISCUSSED SEVERAL
TIMES TRYING TO RAISE THE
00:09:26SEVERANCE TAX ON THE CURRENT
BUDGET HAS HIS PROPOSAL AT 6.5%.
00:09:28THE HOUSE PASSED 2.5% LAST YEAR
AND KASICH CALL THAT A BIG FAT
00:09:34JOKE.
DO YOU FEEL IT IS AN INSULT?
00:09:38HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT WHEN
YOU HEAR THE GOVERNOR SAYING
00:09:42THAT?
SHAWN: I DON'T COVER THE
00:09:47GOVERNOR'S REMARKS.
I RESPECTED TO THE MAN AND HIS
00:09:49POSITION AS GOVERNOR.
THE 2.5% CAME OUT OF HOUSE BILL
00:09:53375.
AGAIN, THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY
00:09:55THE FINAL VERSION WE CAME TO THE
TABLE AND I THINK IT IS
00:10:01IMPORTANT THAT YOU NEGOTIATE
SOMEWHERE.
00:10:03IF WE HAD CONTINUED ON
DISCUSSIONS, WE HOPEFULLY WOULD
00:10:05HAVE COME UP WITH A GOOD BILL
THAT EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE BEEN
00:10:08PROUD OF.
KAREN: KASICH HAS SAID THAT THE
00:10:116.5% PROPOSAL -- HE SAID THE
INDUSTRY LEADERS KNOW THAT THE
00:10:16TAX IS LOW AND ARE AMENABLE TO
CHANGING IT.
00:10:18IS THAT TRUE?
SHAWN: I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT FOR
00:10:23MANY OF MY MEMBERS AND I TALKED
TO API NFL HEARD IT FROM ANY OF
00:10:25THEIRS AS WELL.
IF WE ARE TRIED TO CHANGE THE
00:10:29SCOPE AND PURPOSE WHATEVER THE
RATES ARE.
00:10:32KAREN: WE KEEP HEARING FROM
PEOPLE OPPOSED TO SEVERANCE TAX
00:10:38THAT IF INDEED THE SEVERANCE TAX
IS RAISED IN OHIO, IT WILL KILL
00:10:41JOBS.
A LOT OF THE R&D HAS BEEN DONE.
00:10:42HUNDREDS OF WELLS HAVE BEEN
DRILLED.
00:10:46THE INDUSTRY IS ALREADY HERE IN
OHIO.
00:10:49IF THE TAX IS RAISED, HOW WOULD
YOU DRIVE THE INDUSTRY OUT IF WE
00:10:53HAVE THE RESOURCES AND STARTED
IN OHIO IN TERMS OF GETTING IT
00:10:55OUT?
SHAWN: WELL, I GUESS, GOOD
00:10:59POINT.
EACH WELL IS A DATA POINT.
00:11:01THIS IS THE EXTENSIVE PLAY WE
ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS.
00:11:05THIS WASN'T THE 18-COUNTY PLAY
WE THOUGHT IT WAS IN 2011.
00:11:09YOU HAVE COPIES LIKE BP, SHELL,
EQT, JUST TO NAME A FEW, WITH
00:11:19ALL COMMON AND TEST OF THE
RESOURCES AND FOUND THEY ARE NOT
00:11:22THE RESOURCES THEY HOPED FOUR.
THIS IS A SMALLER PLATE THAN ME
00:11:25ANTICIPATED.
IT IS A GEOLOGICAL GIFT BUT WE
00:11:29HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE REALITY OF
WHAT THIS DISEASE AND IT IS NOT
00:11:32AS BIG AS WE THOUGHT IT WAS.
KAREN: BIG OIL STATES -- ALASKA,
00:11:37TEXAS, NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA --
HAVE HIGHER SEVERANCE TAXES.
00:11:40ALASKA IS THAT 25%.
WHY COULDN'T OHIO EVEN RAISE IT
00:11:46SLIGHTLY?
SHAWN: ALL ROCK IS NOT CREATED
00:11:50EQUAL.
BY THE POWERS OF SUPERMAN, I
00:11:53WOULD FLY INTO TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA AND TAKE THAT ROCK AND
00:11:57REPLACE IT.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL
00:12:00TAX PACKAGE.
LOOK AT TEXAS.
00:12:06THEIR EFFECTIVE TAX RATE IS 2.5%
ON NATURAL GAS AND NATURAL GAS
00:12:07LIQUIDS.
4.6% ON OIL.
00:12:08KAREN: YOU ARE SAYING IT OFFSETS
IN OTHER WAYS?
00:12:12SHAWN: YES.
KAREN: THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID
00:12:19THAT IF THE HOUSE AND SENATE
DON'T ACT AND THE SEVERANCE TAX
00:12:20REMAINS THE SAME, HE IS NOT
OPPOSED TO A BALLOT ISSUE.
00:12:21HE EVEN IMPLY THAT A BALLOT
ISSUE WOULD BE A GOOD THING AND
00:12:26SAID THAT 6.5%, 2.5%, WHO KNOWS
WHERE THE BALLOT ISSUE WOODLAND?
00:12:33IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE IN THE
LOW END.
00:12:35DOES THAT CONCERN YOU AT ALL,
THE POSSIBILITY OF THE BALLOT
00:12:38ISSUE?
SHAWN: I REALLY CAN'T FOCUS ON
00:12:43HYPOTHETICALS.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION
00:12:46TO AND WORKING ON THE PROPOSAL
AND -- WE HAVE BEEN PAYING
00:12:50ATTENTION TO AND WORKING ON THE
PROPOSAL AT HAND.
00:12:51THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON
COULD WE CAN'T LOOK THAT FAR
00:12:54INTO THE FUTURE.
KAREN: ON THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET
00:12:58QUESTION HERE, INDEPENDENT OIL
AND GAS PRODUCER SAYS WE ARE NOT
00:13:00HERE ASKING TO BE TREATED LIKE
ANY OTHER MANUFACTURING
00:13:04CORPORATION IN OHIO.
WE ARE JUST ASKING TO BE LEFT
00:13:07ALONE.
WE BELIEVE THE TAX INCREASE IS
00:13:09DISCRIMINATORY, TAKING FROM
ONE INDUSTRY AND POPULATION.
00:13:13LEFT ALONE, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU
EXPECT SPECIAL TREATMENT IN A
00:13:19WAY.
HOW DOES THAT WORK WHERE YOU
00:13:20WOULD LIKE TO BE LEFT ALONE?
SHAWN: I BELIEVE WHAT THE
00:13:25GENTLEMAN WAS REFERRING TO IS
BEING LEFT ALONE AT THE CURRENT
00:13:27RATE.
THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO LIVE AND
00:13:31OPERATE IN EASTERN OHIO.
I AM FROM EASTERN OHIO, AND WE
00:13:34REALIZE THAT THIS UTICA SHALE
DEVELOPMENT IS A GODSEND.
00:13:37WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
FLOURISHES.
00:13:41WHERE I AM FROM IN GUERNSEY
COUNTY, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
00:13:44UPTICK IN BUSINESSES AND
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT, AND WE
00:13:48DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT WITH A
ROADWAY OR EVEN SLOW DOWN.
00:13:50YOU ONLY SEE AS -- YOU WANT TO
SEE AS MUCH WORK AS POSSIBLE
00:13:53BECAUSE WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO US
IN EASTERN OHIO OUR JOBS.
00:13:55KAREN: FIRST OF ALL, THAT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU
00:14:00ARE TALKING ABOUT, IT DOES
CERTAINLY HELP THE BUSINESS
00:14:01OWNERS AND COMMUNITIES THERE.
BUT IS IT REALLY ENOUGH TO
00:14:05OFFSET THE KIND OF
INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE?
00:14:06THESE ARE BIG, HEAVY TRUCKS,
BIGGER AND BEING CALLED IN AND
00:14:11OUT OF THERE.
IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
00:14:12REALLY ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE
INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE, NOT TO
00:14:17MENTION THE POSSIBLE
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE?
00:14:18SHAWN: WELL, IN OHIO, WE HAVE
WHAT ARE CALLED ROADIES
00:14:23MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS.
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS WE HAVE
00:14:27SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR
PAIRING THOSE ROADS.
00:14:28IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IN FOR
STRUCTURE FOR ROADS, WE ARE
00:14:32MEETING THOSE EXPECTATIONS.
A LOT OF THE MONEY COMES IN ON
00:14:35THE BACKEND AND A 2014
RECEIVING MONEY FOR 2012, SO IT
00:14:44IS JUST STARTING.
IT WILL PROVIDE REVENUE FOR
00:14:45LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
KAREN: ON THE JOB QUESTION,
00:14:51THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
CAPS ON BEING OHIOANS'-- THE
00:14:56JOBS NOT BEING OHIOANS'.
AREN'T MOST OF THE PEOPLE
00:15:02WORKING ON THESE OUT-OF-STATE
AND NOT FROM OHIO?
00:15:04SHAWN: IT IS HIGHLY
TECHNOLOGICAL AND ADVANCED AND
00:15:08YOU WANT SOMEBODY HERE WHO KNOWS
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
00:15:12I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY WHO IS AN
OBVIOUS DRILLING A WELL.
00:15:13AS WE HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE
GESTATION PERIOD TO TODAY, A LOT
00:15:23OF FOLKS AND MY FRIENDS AND
FAMILY ARE WORKING IN THIS
00:15:24INDUSTRY AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE OPPORTUNITIES COULD OUT OF
00:15:27THE STATE FOLKS COMING IN ARE
BEING REPLACED BY FOLKS FROM
00:15:30EASTERN OHIO, NOT ONLY EASTERN
OHIO, BUT ACROSS OHIO.
00:15:32WE HAVE SURVEYORS AND
ENGINEERING COMPANIES FROM
00:15:35CINCINNATI AND DAYTON AND ALL
THE WAY THROUGH CLEVELAND.
00:15:40IT COVERS THE WHOLE STATE.
KAREN: YOU SUPPORT THE SEVERANCE
00:15:44TAX AS IT IS BEING USED FOR THE
REVELATORY STEAM.
00:15:46WHEREAS IF INDEED HE SEVERANCE
TAX IS RAISED, IT WOULD GO TO
00:15:51SOME COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS IT
WOULD GO TO INCOME TAX CUTS.
00:15:53THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT
SEVERANCE TAXES BEING NOT
00:15:57EXACTLY THE MOST STABLE SOURCE
TO SUPPORT INCOME TAX CUTS.
00:15:59DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
SHAWN: OH, I AGREE WITH THAT.
00:16:03WHAT EVERYBODY IN THE OIL AND
GAS BUSINESS KNOWS IS THAT
00:16:09PRICES ARE IN CONSTANT -- PRICES
ARE NOT CONSTANT.
00:16:12A LOT OF OPERATORS UNDER THIS
$100 A BARREL OIL THIS YEAR --
00:16:19OR LAST YEAR -- OR HAVING TO CUT
BACK AND DEAL WITH $50 OIL, AND
00:16:24ADJUST THEIR BUDGETS.
THEY ARE MAKING THOSE ARE
00:16:26DECISIONS.
IF YOU ARE PUTTING INTO AN
00:16:27INCOME TAX REDUCTION, WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN THE MONEY DOESN'T
00:16:32SHOW UP BECAUSE OF COMMODITY
PRICES?
00:16:33KAREN: ISN'T THAT WHAT WOULD
REALLY DRIVE THE INDUSTRY IN AND
00:16:38OUT OF OHIO, THE COMMODITY
PRICES, NOT THE SEVERANCE TAX?
00:16:39SHAWN: COST AND PRICES MATTER.
THESE ARE ALL PARTICULAR INPUTS
00:16:49THAT GO INTO WHEN A COMPANY
DECIDES THEY'RE GOING TO INVEST
00:16:51OR DEVELOPED IN A NEW PLAY.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN
00:16:53CHANGE.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE QUALITY OF
00:16:56THE ROCK, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE
COST TOO MUCH.
00:16:59BUT THE TAX IS ONE INPUT THAT IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO THE OPERATORS.
00:17:03KAREN: AMONG THOSE ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE SEVERANCE TAX ISSUE
00:17:07IS THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL
COUNCIL.
00:17:08I TALKED THIS WEEK WITH JACK
SHANER, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
00:17:10THE OEC.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS TWO
00:17:14DIMES THINK THAT THE GOVERNOR
TALKED ABOUT WITH REGARD TO THE
00:17:16SEVERANCE TAX, SAYING THAT THAT
IS A TAX ON A BARREL OF OIL AND
00:17:21THAT SEEMS INSIGNIFICANT WHEN
PEOPLE HEAR THAT, ESPECIALLY
00:17:26WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE
00:17:27DAMAGE THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH
FRACKING.
00:17:30WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL?
00:17:31JACK: GOVERNOR KASICH IS RIGHT.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
00:17:34THE TWO DIMES -- ERNST & YOUNG
HAS LOOKED AT OHIO'S TAX LAW AND
00:17:42SEVERAL OTHER OIL AND GAS
PRODUCING STATES.
00:17:44WE ARE AT ROCK BOTTOM.
HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THIS
00:17:47INDUSTRY SHOULD BE TAXED MORE.
WE NEED TO DO A COUPLE THINGS
00:17:49WITH THAT.
COSTS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:17:55NATURAL RESOURCES.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE ARE THE
00:17:58AQUIFERS UNDERNEATH THE SERVICE
OF THE HEIRS, WHERE ALL THE
00:18:04FAULTS THAT ARE UNKNOWN SO THAT
THE DRILLING CAN BE MORE SAFE.
00:18:05AND FINALLY, WE NEED TO CAP THE
OLD PATHWAYS TO POLLUTION.
00:18:09THOUSANDS OF OLD ORPHAN WELL
SCATTERED ALL ACROSS THE STATE
00:18:13COME EVEN FOUND UNDER CHURCHES
AND SCHOOLS GYMNASIUMS, DOWNTOWN
00:18:16CITIES.
THEY ARE ALL AROUND.
00:18:20THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS THAT THE
MONEY COULD BE PUT TO GOOD USE
00:18:22ON THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY,
KEEPING THAT RESOURCE CHECK.
00:18:27ALSO, FUNDING FOR LOCAL
COMMITTEES COULD EASTERN OHIO,
00:18:35THEY ARE ENJOYING THE GRAVY, THE
UPSIDE OF THE BOOM, BUT THEY'VE
00:18:37ALSO BE ON THE HOOK FOR THE
DOWNSIDE WHEN THE BEST
00:18:39INEVITABLY COMES, INCLUDING
LONG-TERM IMPACTS ON WATER
00:18:45QUALITY AND WATER RESOURCES.
WE WILL LIKE TO SEE A WATERFRONT
00:18:48SET UP.
GOVERNOR KASICH IS RIGHT, OHIO
00:18:53SHOULD BE INCREASING TAXES
SIGNIFICANTLY ON THIS INDUSTRY.
00:18:54KAREN: THE GOVERNOR HAS TALKED
ABOUT MONEY GOING TO INCOME TAX
00:18:58AND OFFSET INCOME TAX CUTS.
YOU ARE TALKING WITH OTHER
00:19:01PURPOSES.
JACK: OUR INTEREST IS THE DIRECT
00:19:03NEXUS TO THE DRILLING AND THE
IMPACT THE DRILLING COULD HAVE.
00:19:07WE HAVE NO POSITION ON THE
IMPACT OF THE GOVERNOR'S
00:19:10PROPOSAL TO USE THE EIGHT
REVENUE FOR THE INCOME TAX
00:19:13HIKE.
TAX CUT, EXCUSE ME.
00:19:15THE INDUSTRY LIKE TO ARGUE THAT
WE WILL SHUTTER AND LEAVE THE
00:19:20STATE.
MALARKEY, MALARKEY.
00:19:24THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT HAS
INVESTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
00:19:26OHIO.
KAREN: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THAT
00:19:28COULD WEAR TOLD THEY INVESTED
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN OHIO, BUT
00:19:32THE SHALE WAS NOT AS MUCH AS
THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, THE
00:19:36RESOURCES HERE ARE NOT AS GOOD
AS THEY WERE HOPING.
00:19:40RAISING THE SEVERANCE TAX AND
DRIVING INDUSTRY OUT, THERE
00:19:42ISN'T AS MUCH HERE TO KEEP THEM.
JACK: 25 COMPANIES LIKE DITCHES
00:19:49-- WHEN YOU HAVE COPIES LIKE
CHESAPEAKE AND EXXON MOBIL AND
00:19:51SHELL OIL, THAT WAS YOU THERE IS
POTENTIAL AT LEAST FOR
00:19:55SIGNIFICANT OIL AND GAS RESERVES
IN OHIO.
00:19:56THEY WOULD IT BE BORING AND THE
MONEY IF THEY DIDN'T THINK THERE
00:20:00WAS GOOD MONEY TO BE HAD ON THAT
DRILLING.
00:20:01THIS IS A TEXAS-SIZED BLUFF THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO PULL OFF STATE
00:20:05THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PULL OUT
AND MOVE TOMORROW.
00:20:09GOVERNOR KASICH IS RIGHT TO
STICK TO HIS GUNS.
00:20:11PEOPLE SHOULDN'T UNDERESTIMATE
HIM.
00:20:14HE IS AN ABLE, ABLE POLITICIAN.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD
00:20:20UNDERESTIMATE THE
RESOURCEFULNESS OF GOVERNOR
00:20:24KASICH TO GET HIS WAY ON THIS
ISSUE.
00:20:25KAREN: THE WHOLE IDEA OF
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY -- YOU
00:20:30MENTIONED THAT EASTERN OHIO IS
GETTING THE GRAVY, SO DOES IT,
00:20:31OF ALL THIS.
BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT THEY ARE
00:20:34GETTING IN TERMS OF A PAYOFF --
IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH WHEN
00:20:38THE DOWNTIMES, TO FIX THE
PROBLEMS HAPPENING HERE?
00:20:42ARE THERE FUNDS THAT CAN DEAL
WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS?
00:20:47JACK: YES, THERE IS A SURGE IN
RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, MOTELS,
00:20:53SUPPLIES TO THE CONSTRUCTION.
BUT NOT SO MUCH THE LABOR.
00:20:58IT IS ITINERANT WORKERS HERE,
MODERN-DAY SERVANTS, WORKERS
00:21:04COMING IN.
YOU SEE A LOT FROM OKLAHOMA,
00:21:08LOUISIANA, TEXAS.
THESE ARE THE FELLOWS WHO HAVE
00:21:12YEARS AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN
THE OIL PATCH.
00:21:13IT IS NOT LIKE THEY GO DOWN TO
A1 MANPOWER & AT THE FIRST JOE
00:21:19THAT COMES IN OFF THE STREET.
KAREN: A LOT OF THESE JOBS ARE
00:21:22TECHNICAL.
JACK: THAT'S RIGHT.
00:21:24WHILE TODAY IT IS A BOOM, WE
THINK INEVITABLY IT IS GOING TO
00:21:31BE A BUST LONG-TERM UNLESS THERE
ARE RESOURCES SET ASIDE, AND
00:21:32THAT MEANS GETTING A CHUNK OF
THIS FROM TAX DOLLARS SET ASIDE
00:21:37TO INVEST IN EASTERN OHIO.
EASTERN OHIO HAS LONG BEEN THE
00:21:39FORGOTTEN PART OF OHIO AND IT
SHOULD TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
00:21:43EASTERN OHIO LAWMAKERS WOULD BE
SMART TO HELP THEMSELVES BAND
00:21:46TOGETHER AND INSIST ON A SIZABLE
TAX INCREASE ON THIS INDUSTRY.
00:21:49KAREN: TALKING ABOUT THE SIZABLE
TAX INCREASE, GOVERNOR KASICH'S
00:21:56PROPOSAL.
LAST YEAR THE HOUSE PASSED A
00:21:582.5% TAX, WHICH THE GOVERNOR
CALLED AN INSULT THAT THEY CAN'T
00:22:01JOKE.
HE HAS ALSO SUGGEST -- AND A BIG
00:22:06FAT JOKE.
HE HAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT IF
00:22:07LAWMAKERS DON'T GO TO A CERTAIN
LEVEL, PERHAPS VOTERS WILL BE
00:22:11ASKED TO RAISE THE SEVERANCE TAX
THROUGH A BALLOT ISSUE.
00:22:13HAVE YOU COME THROUGH YOUR
INTERACTIONS WITH GROUPS, HEARD
00:22:17ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT BRINGING THIS
IS A BALLOT ISSUE TO VOTERS?
00:22:21JACK: THAT WOULD BE A REAL HAIL
MARY.
00:22:24NO ONE HAS APPROACHED US ABOUT
THAT IDEA.
00:22:28WE WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT
CONVERSATION.
00:22:31I HAVE TALKED ABOUT GOVERNOR
KASICH BEING RIGHT TO PUSH FOR A
00:22:33HIGHER TAX.
OUR INTEREST IS TO HOLD THIS
00:22:37INDUSTRY IN CHECK IN TERMS OF
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS AND
00:22:42ADEQUATE INSPECTION AND
PROTECTIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
00:22:44WE NEED TO DO MORE.
WITH REGARD TO HIS INCOME TAX,
00:22:49WE HAVE TAKEN NO OFFICIAL
POSITION ON THAT.
00:22:51HE IS TRYING TO USE THE INDUSTRY
FOR REVENUE GENERATOR TO FUND AN
00:22:57INCOME TAX CUT.
IF THERE IS TO BE AN EFFORT TO
00:23:00GO TO THE BALLOT, YOU NEED TO
CONVINCE THOSE GROUPS TO SIGN ON
00:23:06FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH THE
INCOME TAX CUT.
00:23:08WE WILL SEE IF SOMEBODY MAKES
THE CASE AND IT REALLY DOES.
00:23:11KAREN: I ASKED SHAWN BENNETT
ABOUT THIS LINE IN THE TESTIMONY
00:23:17-- TESTIMONY ON THE SEVERANCE
TAX -- "WE ARE NOT HERE ASKING
00:23:22TO BE TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER
MANUFACTURING CORPORATION IN
00:23:24OHIO.
WE ARE JUST ASKING TO BE LEFT
00:23:27ALONE.
WE BELIEVE THIS TAX INCREASE IS
00:23:30DISCRIMINATORY, TAKING FROM ONE
INDUSTRY AND POPULATION."
00:23:35DO YOU FEEL THAT THIS INDUSTRY
HAS BEEN LEFT ALONE TOO LONG?
00:23:37DO THOSE WORDS "LEFT ALONE" JUMP
OUT AT YOU THERE?
00:23:42JACK: IT WAS HISTORICALLY
SMALLER PRODUCERS OF VERTICAL
00:23:48WELLS.
MANY OF THE FAMILY-OH COMPANIES.
00:23:50-- FAMILY-OWNED COMPANIES.
THE MARCELLA'S PLAYS HAVE
00:23:58CHANGED THE INDUSTRY.
THERE IS THE SMALL VERTICAL
00:24:01DRILLING WHICH HAS WANED AND
WAXED.
00:24:04IT IS A DIFFERENT BREED OF
ANIMAL WHEN YOU HAVE A MAJOR,
00:24:08MAJOR CORPORATION COMING IN TO
TOWN.
00:24:11I THINK THIS IS A BLUFF, BUT I
SORT OF SEE IT TWO WAYS.
00:24:17IT IS A BLUFF THAT THE INDUSTRY
WILL PULL UP STAKES AND LEAVE.
00:24:21THEY DO HAVE A POINT -- THEY ARE
BEING UTILIZED AS ATM MACHINES
00:24:27TO FUND THE INCOME TAX HIKE.
I GET THE POINT.
00:24:31ALL TAXES TO SOME EXTENT OR
REDISTRIBUTED.
00:24:33OUR INTEREST IS IN TAXING THE
INDUSTRY.
00:24:37THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY DOES A
LOT MORE TO HAVE ITS TAXES FUND
00:24:47THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES AND ENFORCEMENT.
00:24:49YOU CANNOT SAY THE SAME FOR THE
COAL INDUSTRY OR FOR THE
00:24:52INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INDUSTRY.
THEY ARE STILL A GENERAL REVENUE
00:24:55FUND, TAXPAYER DOLLARS PAYING
FOR THE OVERSIGHT.
00:24:58WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COAL
INDUSTRY AND THE INDUSTRIAL
00:25:02MINERALS INDUSTRY BELLY UP TO
THE BAR AS THE OIL AND GAS
00:25:06INDUSTRY HAS DONE TO PAY ITS
FAIR SHARE.
00:25:10KAREN: SO FAR, THE SEVERANCE TAX
PROPOSAL IN THE BUDGET HASN'T
00:25:13MOVED FORWARD IN THE HOUSE
FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS
00:25:14ALSO NOT TAKEN ACTION ON THE
PROPOSED HIKES IN THE STATE
00:25:16SALES TAX AND THE TAX ON
CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS,
00:25:17NOR ON THE INCREASE IN THE
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY TAX OR CAT.
00:25:22ALL OF THOSE ARE PART OF
GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH BUDGET.
00:25:26AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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