Sen. Smith Named to Finance Committee
The new state senator serving Upper St. Clair announces appointments to several senate committees.
Pennsylvania Sen. Matt Smith, D-Mt. Lebanon, has been appointed to the state Senate's finance committee.
The senator, who earlier this month was sworn into the seat vacated by former Sen. John Pippy, of Moon, was also named to the professional licensure committee; the game and fisheries committee; and the community, economic and recreational development committee.
He will also serve as the Democratic chair of the state government committee, according to an announcement from spokeswoman Lauren Hurley.
As a state representative, Smith served as the Democratic vice chair of the House finance committee.
Smith's district includes Upper St. Clair.
Oren Spiegler
7:28 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Kudos, Senator! With Matt Smith as a member of the Finance Committee, perhaps there is a glimmer of hope that the long-languishing issue of property tax relief will be addressed. As a member of the House Finance Committee, Matt Smith voted to send to the full House a measure that would have benefited homeowners by diminishing their increasingly untenable burdens. A sufficient number of Republicans aligned against the bill and it did not make it out of committee.