
By Tony Romeo
THORNDALE, Pa. (CBS) — Governor Tom Wolf visited an elementary school in Chester County this morning, to kick off his push to impose a tax on natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania.
READ MORE: Brotherly Love: Wheels Of Change Bringing Help To Families In Their Own NeighborhoodsWolf says his natural gas drilling tax plan could raise $1 billion, most of which would go to education. He expressed optimism about this proposal of his, and others.
“What’s heartening for me -– I’ve been there a little over three weeks now -– is how much we agree,” the governor said of the legislature. “I mean, we all want the same ends.” He said everyone in Harrisburg wants a strong economy and better schools.
READ MORE: New Jersey Native, Who Lost Daughter In Parkland Shooting, Fighting To Protect School Children Across NationBut state senate majority leader Jake Corman (R-central Pa.) has a bit of a different take on the governor.
“Most of the things he’s done so far are pretty ideologically driven,” Corman says. “And that’s okay — he can lay out his agenda that way. But ultimately, he’s going to have to deal with a Republican House and a Republican Senate that are going to have different ideological views, and hopefully we will find somewhere in the middle.”
MORE NEWS: Gunman Kills 19 Children, 2 Teachers In Texas School RampageCorman said the state senate will hold hearings on the natural gas tax proposal but he wouldn’t handicap chances of its approval.