WITNESS LIST
Transportation Committee
March  17, 2009 - 8:00 AM
HB  14
 
     On:
Hughes, Lucien (Texas State Auditor's Office)
 
 
Saenz, Amadeo (Texas Department of Transportatoin)
 
 
Young, John (State Auditor's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Borel, Mel  (Self)
 
 
Dixon, Don  (Self)
 
 
Gilbert, Hank (Texas Turf)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Ogden, Kristen (AGC of Texas)
 
 
Olsen, Lawrence (TX Good Roads/ Assy)
 
 
 
 
HB  15
 
    For:
Adkinson, Tommy (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
 
 
Baker, Roger  (Self)
 
 
Borel, Mel  (Self)
 
 
Dossey, Patrick  (Self)
 
 
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF)
 
 
Halpin, Beki  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Morris, Michael (North Central Texas COG)
 
 
Rogers, David (Texas Legal Foundation
People for Efficient Transportation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Dixon, Don  (Self)
 
 
Doyle, William  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest  Research Group (TexPIRG))
 
 
Hernandez, James (Harris County)
 
 
McEwan, Jennifer (Greater Houston Partnership)
 
 
Urban, John Paul (Harris County)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Russell, Phil (Texas Department of Transportation)
 
 
 
 
HB  575
 
Against:
Petroff, Kevin (Harris Co. District Attorneys Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Diggs, William (Texas DPS (Resource Only))
 
 
Russell, Phil (Texas Department of Transportation)
 
 
 
 
HB  645
 
    For:
Briggs, Terry (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen)
 
 
English Jr., Connie (United Transportation Union)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association
BNSF Railway)
 
 
Matz, Laura (Texas Railroad Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Diggs, William (Texas DPS (Resource Only))
 
 
 
 
HB  646
 
    For:
Anderson, Richard (East Texas Corridor Concil and Harrison Co. TX.)
 
 
Hubbard, Griff (East Texas Corridor Council)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Briggs, Terry (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen)
 
    For:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))
 
 
Geeslin, Tim (National Association of Railroad Passengers)
 
 
Kallerman, Dick (Sierra Club)
 
 
Kearns, Dennis  (Self)
 
 
Suhm, Vic (North Texas Commission and Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Saenz, Amadeo (Texas Department of Transportation)
 
 
 
 
HB  985
 
    For:
Blasingame, Guy  (Self)
 
 
Blasingame, Julie  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  1047
 
    For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Olsen, Lawrence (TX Good Roads Assy)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
 
 
Borel, Mel  (Self)
 
 
Carpenter, John (Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition)
 
 
Cassidy, Brian (Alamo RMA, Central Texas RMA, North East Texas TMA, Cameron County RMA, Camino Real RMA)
 
 
Dixon, Don  (Self)
 
 
Garza, Norman (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF)
 
 
Halpin, Beki  (Self)
 
 
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
Kathleen, Ferrier (Real Estate Council of Austin)
 
 
Keener, Justin (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
McEwan, Jennifer (Greater Houston Partnership)
 
 
Ogden, Kristen (AGC of Texas)
 
 
Stall, Linda (Corridor Watch.org, Texas Alliance for Reform)
 
 
Suhm, Vic (North Texas Commission and Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition)
 
 
Sumner, Erika (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
Urban, John Paul (Harris County)
 
 
Weist, Jon (Arlington Chamber Commerce)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bass, James (Texas Department of Transportation)
 
 
Diggs Jr., William (Texas DPS (Resource Only))
 
 
Morris, Michael (North Central Texas Council of Govt's)
 
 
 
 
HB  1810
 
    For:
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF)
 
 
Halpin, Beki  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Cassidy, Brian (Pate Transportation Partners)
 
 
Castaneda, Tris (Zachary Group)
 
 
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Olsen, Lawrence (TX Good Roads Assy)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bass, James (Texas Department of Transportation)
 
 
 
 
HB  1871
 
    For:
Phillips, Jeremy (Harris County (Public Infrastructure Dept.))
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Russell, Phil (Texas Department of Transportation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Chambers, Spencer (Port of Houston Authority)
 
 
 
 
HB  2433
 
    For:
Crocker, Maureen (Gulf Coast Freight Rail District)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Chambers, Spencer (Port of Houston Authority)
 
 
Hall, Darrin (City of Houston- Office of the Mayor)
 
 
Hernandez, James (Harris County)
 
 
McEwan, Jennifer (Greater Houston Partnership)
 
 
Urban, John Paul (Harris County)
 
 
 
 
HB  2434
 
    For:
Crocker, Maureen (Gulf Coast Freight Rail District)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Saenz, Amadeo (Texas Department of Transportation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Chambers, Spencer (Port of Houston Authority)
 
 
Hernandez, James (Harris County)
 
 
Kallerman, Dick (Sierra Club)
 
 
McEwan, Jennifer (Greater Houston Partnership)
 
 
Urban, John Paul (Harris County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))
 
 
 
 
HB  2589
 
    For:
Stagner, Steve (Texas Council of Engineering Companies)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF)
 
 
Halpin, Beki  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Borel, Mel  (Self)
 
 
Dossey, Patrick  (Self)
 
 
Gilbert, Hank (President, Pineywoods Sub Regional Planning Commission)
 
 
Rogers, David (Texas Legal Foundation
People for Efficient Transporation)
 
 
Smith, Mae (Holland, TX)
 
 
Voights, Betty (Capitol Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) and CARTPO)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Velasquez, Sally (Willacy County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Kallerman, Dick (Sierra Club)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Dixon, Don  (Self)
 
 
Redington, Penny (TX Assn of Regional Councils)
 
 
Saenz, Amadeo (Texas Department of Transportation)
 
 
 
 
HJR 54
 
    For:
Keener, Justin (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Olsen, Lawrence (TX Good Roads Assy)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Carpenter, John (Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition)
 
 
Dixon, Don  (Self)
 
 
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
 
    For:
Ogden, Kristen (AGC of Texas)
 
 
Suhm, Vic (North Texas Commission and Tarrant Regional Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bass, James (Texas Department of Transportation)
 
 
Diggs Jr., William (Texas DPS (Resource Only))