WITNESS LIST

Economic Development Committee
February 21, 2001-10:30A


HB 55
    For:      Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO)
              Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union)
              Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
                   for Women)
    Against:  Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
              Price, Ann Abrams (Texas Employment Law Council)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Bailey, Ken (Self and Texas State Association of Fire
                   Fighters)
              Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
              Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
              Molter, Michele (Association of Texas Professional
                   Educators (ATPE))
              Radcliff, Rebecca (Combined Law Enforcement Association
                   of Texas (CLEAT))
              Tounget, Craig (Texas PTA)
              Villarreal, Johnny (Self and Houston Fire Fighters -
                   Local 341)
              Wall, Margorie (Texas State Teachers Association)
    Against:  Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

HB 240
    For:      Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
    Against:  Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
                   for Women)
    Against:  Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

HB 243
    For:      Escobar, Felicia (National Council of La Raza)
              Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
    Against:  Price, Ann Abrams (Texas Employment Law Council)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Guzman, Sam (Texas Association of Mexican American
                   Chambers of Commerce)

HB 323
    For:      Feild, Frank (Brownsville Chamber of Commerce)
    On:       Zavaleta, Dr. Antonio (University of Texas - Brownsville
                   (UTB) and Texas Southmost College (TSC))
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Gadbois, Glenn (Texas Citizen Fund)
              Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
    On:       Cardenas, Mary Rose (Univeristy of Texas - Brownsville
                   (UTB) and Texas Southmost College (TSC))

HB 476
    For:      Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
              Dochen, Sandy (Capital Area Workforce Development Board)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Corrigan, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
              Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
              Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
                   for Women)

HB 533
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Lavine, Richard (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
              Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
              Littles, Paula (Texas AFL-CIO)
              Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
                   for Women)
    Against:  Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
              Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)

HB 758
    For:      Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO)
              Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union)
              Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
                   for Women)
    Against:  Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
              Price, Ann Abrams (Texas Employment Law Council)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Bailey, Ken (Self and Texas State Association of Fire
                   Fighters)
              Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
              Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
              Molter, Michele (Association of Texas Professional
                   Educators (ATPE))
              Tounget, Craig (Texas PTA)
              Villarreal, Johnny (Self and Houston Fire Fighters -
                   Local 341)
              Wall, Margorie (Texas State Teachers Association)
    Against:  Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

HB 935
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Dochen, Sandy (Capital Area Workforce Development Board)
              Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
              Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
              Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
    On:       Alexander, Cindy (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
              Dennis, David (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

HB 936
  Registering, but not testifying:
    For:      Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
              Dochen, Sandy (Capital Area Workforce Development Board)
              Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
              Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
              Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
              Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union)

HB 1177
    For:      Tollett, Jordy (City of Houston - Houston Convention
                   Bureau - Houston Hotel & Motel Association)
    Against:  Dunham, David (Texas Tourism Industry Association)
    On:       Teel, David (Texas Department of Economic Development)
  Registering, but not testifying:
    On:       Moore, Jennifer (Texas Hotel & Motel Association)

TX Workforce Development Board Syst
    On:       Juarez, Joseph C. (U.S. Department of Labor)

Unemployment Insurance
    On:       Emsellem, Maurice (National Employment Law Project)
              Silva, Patrick (U.S. Department of Labor)
              Wilus, Ronald (U.S. Department of Labor)