WASHINGTON, DC (February 1, 2012) – Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today released the following statement upon learning that Gasland Director Josh Fox was arrested for attempting to film a public congressional 
hearing on hydraulic fracturing.
The Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology ordered Fox arrested when he attempted to film the hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s approach to studying ground water contamination that resulted from hydraulic fracturing in Pavilion, Wyoming.
Hinchey is a leader in Congress of the effort to protect drinking water and the environment from the risks of hydraulic fracturing. He is a co-author of the FRAC Act, which would mandate public disclosure of chemicals used in frack fluid and allow the EPA to regulate fracking activities under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The congressman also authored the appropriations language that led to the current EPA study on hydraulic fracturing.
"It is beyond unacceptable that acclaimed documentary director Josh Fox was arrested for trying to film a public hearing on groundwater contamination caused by hydraulic fracturing in Pavilion, Wyoming. This was a public hearing, there was plenty of room for cameras, and a credentialed camera crew was told they would be denied access because they were working for a documentary filmmaker. This is blatant censorship and a shameful stain on this Congress. I stand by Josh’s right to record this hearing. His arrest was a huge mistake."
The Catskill Chronicle 
Josh Fox is not spreading propaganda, but instead telling true stories. The fact that he wasn’t allowed to film a “true story” – the PUBLIC hearing – shows how much his truth is feared by the real propaganda spreaders – the Republicans, the gas & oil companies, and lately even our president, who has fallen under the spell believing the gas company myths about job numbers, safety etc. I say let Josh tell his true stories, and if you don’t agree with what he has to say, come up with your own version. Travel around this country and talk to people who live near gas drilling sites and see what you come up with!
Josh Fox received a permit to sit in on the meeting, but did not obtain the correct permits necessary to film. When he cameras were turned on, he was asked to stop filming. When he refused, he was arrested, along with his crew.
IMHO, they can throw away the key on him and his ridiculous, inept propaganda.