Audio Clips

A new proposal from a leading state House Democrat would hold employers more accountable if a worker is hurt on the job. Bite only features Rep. Mark Cohen of Philadelphia; runs 11 seconds.

BITE ONLY. Rep. Mark Cohen of Philadelphia talks about his proposal to create a Clean and Green Energy Corps in Pennsylvania. Run time 9 sec. - 1/21/2009

Soundbite ONLY. Rep. Mark Cohen, D-Philadelphia, said that a tentative budget agreement was reached with legislative leaders and the governor on Monday night, ending the one-day furlough of nearly 25,000 state employees and achieving many of the items that House Democrats were fighting for, such as major progress on transportation, health care, education and energy independence. Bite runs 16 seconds. - 7/9/2007

Soundbite ONLY. Rep. Mark Cohen (D-Philadelphia) comments on the plans of the new Bipartisan Reform Commission. Soundbite runs 25 seconds. - 1/23/2007

A new proposal from a leading state House Democrat would hold employers more accountable if a worker is hurt on the job. Roseann Cadau reports from Harrisburg. Story runs 57 seconds. - 1/9/2007

Video Clips

In testimony before the House Health and Human Services Committee, Rep. Mark Cohen urges his House colleagues to support his bill to legalize the limited medical use of marijuana, which he says would give many Pennsylvanians living in pain and discomfort a new treatment option. - 12/11/2009

Rep. Cohen announces the introduction of legislation (H.B. 1393) that would allow for the medical use of marijuana in Pennsylvania during a news conference in Harrisburg. Medical marijuana was legally prescribed for many years in the United States until it became stigmatized during prohibition. Rep. Cohen says it’s time to end that stigma. - 4/29/2009

More than one hundred thousand residents use the 11 library branches slated to close, not only for their books, but for Internet access, to read newspapers, to search employment databases and as a quiet place to study and do homework. Public libraries are important education and community resources. Shuttering these community institutions adversely impacts regular visitors to the closing branches, as well as the people who use the remaining branches. Longer lines, greater waiting periods and fewer available books will likely be a result. Join me in the fight to save our libraries - 11/26/2008

Rep. Cohen appears on Comcast Newsmakers - 5/17/2007