WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April  4, 2007 - 1:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  324
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Kroll, John (Coalition for Appropriate Sales Tax Law Enactment (CASTLE))
 
 
 
 
HB  513
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
West, William (American Legion, Dept of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  646
 
    For:
Herbert, Christine (Fuel Cells Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
LeBas, James (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  986
 
    For:
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Kroll, John (Coalition for Appropriate Sales Tax Law Enactment)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Baxter, Todd (Texas Cable and Telecommunicaitons Assn.)
 
 
Flores, Henry (Embarq)
 
 
Kamerman, Lyn (Texas Telephone Association)
 
 
Lawson, Richard (Verizon Southwest)
 
 
Ward, Leslie (AT&T)
 
 
 
 
HB  1325
 
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Kroll, John (Coalition for Appropriate Sales Tax Law Enactment)
 
 
 
 
HB  1831
 
    For:
Davenport, Susan  (Self and Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
Kowalski, Tom  (Self and Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute (THBI))
 
 
Scott, Marc W.  (Self and LCS Constructors, Inc.)
 
 
Zimmerman, Keith  (Self and Equis Corporation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Howden, Robert (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
 
 
Peeler, Robert (Allergan)
 
 
Rice, Chuck (Poll Brown & Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
HB  1950
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
 
 
LeBas, James (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2317
 
    For:
Barton, Karey W (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
 
 
Clark, Jeffrey (American Electronics Association)
 
 
Dickens, Linda (AeA (American Electronics Association)
 
 
Kowalski, Tom  (Self and Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute (THBI))
 
 
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)
 
 
Ward, Leslie (AT&T)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Anderson, Lisa (Shell)
 
 
Bonner, Stephen (Metroplex Technology Business Council)
 
 
Chiodo, Dana (National Semiconductor)
 
 
Davenport, Susan M.  (Self and Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
 
 
Hazlewood, Steve (Dow Chemical)
 
 
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
 
 
Meroney, Mike (Huntsman Corporation)
 
 
Peeler, Robert (Allergan)

 
    For:
Rosa, Mike (Greater Dallas Chamber)
 
 
Scott, Marc W.  (Self and LCS Constructors, Inc.)
 
 
Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)
 
 
Shelley Rodriguez, Jennifer (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics)
 
 
Shields, Susie (Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
Tisdale, Ward (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD))
 
 
W. Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum Corporation)
 
 
Wurzel, Geoff (Technet)
 
 
 
 
HB  2748
 
    For:
Lawless, Julie (City of Fort Worth)
 
 
McCartay, Fran  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2763
 
    For:
Bolton, Pamela J (Texas Watch)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Medley, Lee (United Steelworkers District Council)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
 
 
Hazlewood, Steve (Dow Chemical)
 
 
Howden, Robert (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
 
 
Meroney, Mike (Huntsman Corporation)
 
 
Moore, Julie W. (Occidental Petroleum Corporation)
 
 
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
 
 
 
 
HB  2763 - Committee Substitute  (Ritter)
 
    For:
Coon, Brent W.  (Self and 1. Lead Plaintiff Counsel in BP Explosion - TxCity 2. United Steel Workers - General Counsel)
 
 
Sheppard, Emmett (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)
 
 
 
 
HB  2786
 
    For:
Heflin, Talmadge (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Mackey, Scott  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Aldred, Tom (Texas Conservative Coalition)
 
 
Lawson, Richard (Verizon Southwest)
 
 
Sookiasian, Richard (Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC))
 
 
 
 
HB  2787
 
    For:
Mackey, Scott (Verizon Wireless)
 
 
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
Sarazen, Russell (T-Mobile USA, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Zanoni, Peter (City of San Antonio)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Flores, Henry (Embarq)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
 
 
Hinkle, Ron (Verizon Wireless)
 
 
Kamerman, Lyn (Texas Telephone Association)
 
 
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
 
 
Lawson, Richard (Verizon Southwest)
 
 
Ward, Leslie (AT&T)