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WITNESS LIST
State Affairs
April 30, 2007 - 09:00 AM
HB  41
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Reynolds, Carl    (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council),  Austin, TX
HB  218
 
FOR:
 
Forest, Rebecca    (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Galloway, Carolyn    (Texas Eagle Forum, Citizens for Immigration Reform),  Dallas, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Carvell, Helen    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Courage, John    (True Courage Action Network),  Austin, TX
 
Figueroa, Luis    (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund),  San Antonio, TX
 
Garza, Jose    (LULAC),  San Antonio, TX
 
Korbel, George    (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
McCloskey, Amanda    (AARP - Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Perkins, Deena    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Sanchez, David    (Cameron County Democratic Party),  Harlingen, TX
 
Santana, Sonia    (ACLU - Texas)
 
Wood, Buck    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Hanshaw Winn, Elizabeth    (Secretary of State),  Austin, TX
 
McGeehan, Ann    (Office of Texas Secretary of State),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Connett, Brent    (Texas Conservative Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
Galloway, Bruce C.    (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Against:
 
Arterburn, David    (United Transportation),  Amarillo, TX
 
Bailey, Ken    (Texas Democratic Party),  Austin, TX
 
Borel, Dennis    (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities),  Austin, TX
 
Cunningham, Michael    (Texas Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
 
English Jr., C.M.    (United Transportation Union),  Austin, TX
 
Harrell, Will    (NAACP),  Austin, TX
 
Hill, Dr. Forest G.    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Lehmann, Mary    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Littles, Paula    (Texas AFLCIO),  Austin, TX
 
Medley, Lee    (District Council of United Steelworkers),  Santa Fe, TX
 
Moorhead, Bee    (Texas Impact),  Austin, TX
 
Neavel, Nancy T.    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Parken, Judy    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Privett, Anita    (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Sperry, Teri    (True Courage Action Network),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
Arthur, Joy    (People for the American Way),  Austin, TX
 
Banks, Yannis    (Texas Conference of NAACP Branches),  San Marcos, TX
 
Finch, Mary    (The League of Women Voters of Texas),  Austin, TX
HB  991
 
FOR:
 
Tripp, Alice    (Texas State Rifle Association),  Paige, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Mica, Tara    (National Rifle Association),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Schneider, Michael    (Texas Association of Broadcasters),  Austin, TX
 
Whalen, Ken    (Texas Daily Newspaper Association, Texas Press Association),  Austin, TX
HB  1602
 
FOR:
 
Boyd, Waymon    (King Fisher Marine Service, LP),  Port Lavaca, TX
 
Elizondo, Enrique    (Great Lakes D&D, LLC),  Bandera, TX
 
Forbes, Scott    (Port of Houston Authority),  Houston, TX
 
Hanson, Bill    (Maritime Jobs for Texas),  Houston, TX
 
Hull, Mike    (Texans for Lawsuit Reform),  Austin, TX
 
LaQuaz, Linda    (T.W. LaQuaz Dredging),  Port Lavaca, TX
 
Lawrence, Berdon    (Kirby Corporation),  Houston, TX
 
Patterson, Jerry    (Texas General Land Office),  Austin, TX
 
Trabulsi, Jr., Richard J.    (Texans for Lawsuit Reform),  Austin, TX
 
Weekley, Dick    (TLR),  Houston, TX
 
Woodruff, Matt    (Texas Waterway Operators Association),  Houston, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Choate, Guy    (TTLA),  Austin, TX
 
Plezia, Richard    (TTLA),  Houston, TX
 
ON:
 
Bresnen, Steve    (TTLA),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Casals, Peter    (Lumbermen's Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Connett, Brent    (Texas Conservative Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
Cornelison, Robert C.    (Texas Ports Association),  Los Fresnos, TX
 
Fisher, Jon    (Sherwin Alumina Company),  Austin, TX
 
Golemon, Kinnan    (Shell Oil Co.),  Austin, TX
 
Green, Shelton    (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
 
Hastings, Debbie    (Texas Oil and Gas Association),  Austin, TX
 
Howden, Robert    (Texas Association of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
 
Mathis, James    (Dupont),  Austin, TX
 
McCauley, Cindy    (Lyondell Chemical),  Houston, TX
 
Meroney, Mike    (The Huntsman Corporation),  Austin, TX
 
Mintz, David    (Texas Apartment Association),  Austin, TX
 
Moore, Julie W.    (Occidental Petroleum Corporation),  Austin, TX
 
Newton, Will    (National Federation of Independent Business),  Austin, TX
 
Olson, Kym    (El Paso Corp.),  Houston, TX
 
Perryman, Larry    (Bay - Houston Towing Co.),  Friendswood, TX
 
Sickels, Linda    (Trinity Ind. Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Strama, Keith    (Exxon Mobil),  Austin, TX
 
Teichman, Rudy    (T&T Marine Salvage, Tug Josephine, T&T Offshore),  Galveston, TX
 
Valdez, Jerry    (Greater Houston Partnership),  Austin, TX
 
Whitehurst, Darren    (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Wisdom, Christina    (Texas Chemical Council),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Arterburn, David    (United Transportation Union),  Amarillo, TX
 
Cunningham, Michael    (Texas Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
 
English, Jr., C.M.    (United Transportation Union),  Austin, TX
 
Harvey, Jay    (Texas Trial Lawyers Association),  Austin, TX
 
House, Marc    (United Auto Workers),  Arlington, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
Bolton, Pamela J.    (Texas Watch),  Austin, TX
HB  2004
 
FOR:
 
DeWitt, Cathy    (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, M.D., Charlotte H.    (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Smith, DO, Stephen L.    (Self),  Fredericksburg, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Arterburn, David    (United Transportation Union),  Amarillo, TX
 
Campbell, Ben    (TCA),  Dripping Springs, TX
 
Cunningham, Michael    (Texas Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
 
English, Jr., C.M.    (United Transportation Union),  Austin, TX
 
House, Marc    (United Auto Workers),  Arlington, TX
 
Levy, Rick    (Texas AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Lazaretti, Margaret    (Texas Department of Insurance),  Austin, TX
 
Watch, Brent    (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation),  Austin, TX
SB  700
 
FOR:
 
Opiela, Eric    (Self),  Karnes City, TX
SB  1143
 
FOR:
 
Smith, M.D., Charlotte H.    (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Wolfe, Jared    (Texas Association of Health Plans),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Banning, Tom    (Texas Academy of Family Physicians),  Austin, TX
 
Kent, Chip    (Texas Chiropractic Association),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Homer, Andrew    (Texas Public Employees Association),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Danzeisen, Doug    (Texas Department of Insurance),  Austin, TX
SB  1613
 
FOR:
 
Edmiston, Gene    (VOCA)
 
Richmond, Jule    (Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation District),  Blanket, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Edmiston, Gene    (Self),  Voca, TX
 
Tate, Jesse    (McCulloch SWCD),  Brady, TX
 
Thompson, Jan    (Hays County Soil and Water Conservation),  Wimberley, TX
SB  2037
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Nichols, Eric    (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  2040
 
FOR:
 
Scott, Rona P.    (Self),  Kyle, TX
 
Sherrod, M.D., Mark R.    (Self),  Austin, TX