WITNESS LIST

International Relations & Trade Committee
March 9, 2005 - 1:30P


SB 185
      FOR:        Ahlenius, Steve President/CEO (TBIC), McAllen, TX
                  Gonzalez, Rene Director (Laredo Development
                         Foundation), Laredo, TX
      ON:         Garcia, Buddy Asst. Secretary of State/Border
                         Commerce Coordinator (Secretary of State),
                         Austin, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
      For:        De La Fuente, Veronica Administrative
                         Asst.-Intergovernmental Affairs (Office of
                         Cameron County Judge Gilberto Hinojosa),
                         Brownsville, TX
                  Kastrin, Deborah (County of El Paso), El Paso, TX
      On:         Borja, Diana Director of Border Affairs (Texas
                         Commission on Environmental Quality), Austin,
                         TX
                  Brown, Morris Program Coordinator-NTRD Grants (Texas
                         Commission of Environmental Quality), Austin,
                         TX

  Providing written testimony:
      For:        Smith, Tom "Smitty" Director (Public Citizen),
                         Austin, TX

SB 293
      FOR:        Flores, Elizabeth Mayor (City of Laredo), Laredo, TX
                  Gonzalez, Rene Director (Laredo Development Board),
                         Laredo, TX
      ON:         Garcia, Buddy Asst. Secretary of State/Border
                         Commerce Coordinator (Secretary of State),
                         Austin, TX
                  Rogers, Mark Major (Texas Dept. of Public Safety),
                         Austin, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
      For:        Garcia, Joe (Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition),
                         Austin, TX

SB 569
      FOR:        Flores, Elizabeth Mayor (City of Laredo), Laredo, TX
                  Gonzalez, Rene Director (Laredo Development
                         Foundation), Laredo, TX
      ON:         Garcia, Buddy Asst. Secretary of State/Border
                         Commerce Coordinator (Secretary of State),
                         Austin, TX
                  Saenz, Amadeo Assistant Executive Director (TXDOT),
                         Austin, TX

SB 684
      FOR:        Henneberger, John Co-Director (Texas Low Income
                         Housing Information Service), Austin, TX
                  Smith, Tom "Smitty" Director (Public Citizen),
                         Austin, TX
      ON:         Cabello, Homero Director of Office of Colonia
                         Initiatives (TX Dept. of Housing and
                         Community Affairs), Austin, TX
                  Morales, Erich Assistant County Attorney (El Paso
                         County & El Paso County Attorney), El Paso,
                         TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
      For:        Allison, Jim General Counsel (County Judges &
                         Commissioners Association of Texas), Austin,
                         TX
                  Flores, Elizabeth Mayor (City of Laredo), Laredo, TX
                  Igo, Shanna Director (Texas Municipal League),
                         Austin, TX
                  Paul, Sugg (Texas Association of Counties), Austin,
                         TX

  Providing written testimony:
      For:        Hinojosa, Gilberto County Judge (Cameron County),
                         Brownsville, TX