May 2012
Senator Hughes speaks on the floor of the state Senate about the budget bill(SB 1466) that passed 39-8 on May 9th.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
A key state Senate committee has approved a budget bill that increases spending for struggling public schools, universities, and human services programs. Here’s more with Senator Hughes, Democratic Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which unanimously approved a $27.6 billion spending plan.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
A new state law establishes an asset test on Food Stamp recipients. Senator Hughes says this unnecessarily penalizes the poor and the elderly.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
March 2012
Senator Hughes addressed students from the 14 schools in the State System of Higher Educationwho rallied at the Capitol in Harrisburg against Gov. Corbett’s proposed cuts to higher education funding
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Senator Hughes expresses his disappointment after Senate passage of Voter ID legislation. Senate Democrats say if Voter ID becomes law, they’ll fight it in court
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
February 2012
The state Department of Public Welfare came under fire from Senate Democrats at its budget hearing Tuesday in Harrisburg for proposed cuts in human services programs that target the state’s most vulnerable citizens. Here’s more with Senator Vincent Hughes of Philadelphia, Democratic Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Parents of students at the Cook-Wissahickon public school in the Philadelphia suburb of Roxborough sent letters to Sen. Hughes, state Rep. Pam DeLissio, and Gov. Corbett, offering a tour of the school to see first-hand the impact of state budget cuts. Here’s what Sen. Hughes had to say when he finished the tour:
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Senator Hughes reminds seniors that they can get help paying for their prescriptions.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
As mortgage foreclosure filings rise sharply across Pennsylvania, Senator Hughes, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, says the increase is directly related to the gutting of the Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program last August by Gov. Corbett. Senator Hughes is calling for the restart of HEMAP.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Senator Hughes calls Gov. Corbett’s $27 billion 2012-13 state budget proposal “a failure” for Pennsylvania residents and taxpayers.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
January 2012
Senator Hughes joins state lawmakers and advocates for the poor at a rally at the SHARE Food Program Center in Philadelphia to fight against proposed eligibility regulations by the Corbett Administration for food stamp recipients.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
There’s assistance for low-income Pennsylvanians who need help paying their heating bills, but there’s not as much funding as in years past. Sen. Hughes advises you to apply early
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Senator Hughes says Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the life, work and legacy of one of our most celebrated historical figures.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
December 2011
Senator Hughes says the state budget isn’t the only thing that’s running a deficit — the Corbett Administration is also running a deficit when it comes to creating jobs and growing the state’s economy. Howard Ondick has more with Senator Hughes from a State Capitol news conference on Tuesday following a mid-year budget briefing by Gov. Corbett and his budget secretary to legislative leaders.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
November 2011
Sen. Hughes’ Infrastructure Summit at Temple University shows fixing the state’s communities is as important as fixing its roads and bridges.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
October 2011
Senator Hughes speaks on Senate Floor on Senate Bill 1.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
September 2011
Senate Democrats Roll Out Billion Dollar Job Creation Plan: Pa Works Now.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
June 2011
PA Moment :: Make your summer driving easier. Senator Hughes advises you to check with PA 511 before heading out.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
May 2011
PA Moment :: Senator Hughes tells what you can do if you suspect abuse of an elderly person.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
April 2011
Senate Democrats offer $1.1 billion budget savings plan to offset Gov. Corbett’s cuts in basic and higher education.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Senator Hughes Proposes ‘Victory Academies’ Legislation to Help Students at Pennsylvania’s Failing Schools.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
March 2011
Senator Hughes joins higher education students at a rally opposing Corbett’s proposed education cuts!
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
PA Moment – Senator Hughes says that, thanks to state law, Pennsylvania parents with autistic children can get help paying for their care.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
February 2011
Senator Hughes Says State Should Not Allow adultBasic Care Health Insurance Program to Die.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
State Senate Democrats announce the details of a major job creation initiative which will not only create permanent jobs but save hundreds of millions in state taxpayer dollars by enhancing and streamlining existing programs.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Sen. Hughes joined Sen. Larry Farnese at a press conference calling upon the members of the legislature to focus their attention to the immediate needs of Pennsylvanians.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Senate Public Health & Welfare and Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure committees hold hearing on Philadelphia abortion clinic where its medical doctor has been charged with numerous crimes including the murder of a woman and seven babies.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
January 2011
PA Moment – Don’t let your family go without heat this winter. Sen. Hughes says you can get help paying your heating bill.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
