Democratic Chair of State Government Committee
On December 19, 2012, Democratic Leader Frank Dermody and House Speaker Samuel H. Smith (politician) announced his appointment for the 2013-2014 legislative session as Democratic Chairman of the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee. Allentown Morning Call reporter John Micek promptly warned that the pairing of Cohen with Republican Majority Chair Daryl Metcalfe, whose very conservative views were strongly opposed to Cohen's on many issues, would be "thermonuclear."
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