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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            April 28, 2011 Thirty minutes after final adjournment/recess

             

            HB 1272

                 Against:

                                 Adams, Norman E. (Texans for Sensible Immigration)

                                 Doyle, Brendan (Marek Family of Companies)

                                 Irish, Cullen (Self; Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing)

                                 Loughran, Robert (Charles C. Foster, Chairman, Immigration Task Force; Greater Houston

                                 Partnership)

                                 Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)

                                 McCloskey, Michael (Self)

                                 Smith, Stanley (Self)

                                 Terrell, James (Select Milk Producers, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Day, Paul (Self)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders & Cortractors of Texas)

                                 Hendrick, Joann (Self)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Patterson, T J (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Simpson, Matt (The ACLU of Texas)

                                 Theiss, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Whiteford, Louise (Texans for Immigration Reform, Inc., President)

            HB 1275

                 For:

                                 Carter, David (IRCOT)

                                 Day, Paul (Self)

                                 Doyle, Russell (Self)

                                 Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)

                                 McCloskey, Michael (Self)

                                 Smith, Stanley (East Gulf Coast Conservative Assy.)

                                 Theiss, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Whiteford, Louise (President - Texans for Immigration Reform. Inc)

                 Against:

                                 Adams, Norman E. (Texans for Sensible Imigration)

                                 Doyle, Brendan (Marek Family of Companies)

                                 Irish, Cullen (Self; Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing)

                                 Loughran, Robert (Charles C. Foster, Chairman, Immigration Task Force; Greater Houston

                                 Partnership)

                                 Terrell, James (Texas Employers for Immigration Reform)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hendrick, Joann (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Aguilar, Kristian (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders & Cortractors of Texas)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Simpson, Matt (The ACLU of Texas)

                                 Terrell, James (Select Milk Producers, Inc.)

            HB 1729

                 For:

                                 Patterson, Michael (Self)

            HB 2710

                 For:

                                 Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)

                                 Hebert, Dan (Charter Communications and Texas Cable Association)

                                 Lawson, Richard (Verizon)

                                 Valenstein, Jill (Charter Communications and Texas Cable Association)

                 Against:

                                 Arnett, Wilfred (Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.)

                                 Smallwood, Cameron (United Cooperative Services, Inc.)

                                 Trivitt, Curtis (CoServ Electric)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camacho, Jose (Windstream Communications)

                                 Lawson, Richard (Texas Telephone Association)

                                 Lucero, Homero (CenturyLink)

                                 McMillan, Ron (Time Warner Cable)

                                 Rose, Mike (Comcast Corp)

                 Against:

                                 Moore, David (Tri-County Electric Cooperative)

                                 Williams, Mike (Texas Electric Cooperatives)

            HB 2977

                 For:

                                 Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Fabac, Michael (Texas Assn. of Broadcasters)

                                 Fitzgerald, Shane (FOIFT)

                                 Martin, Ken (The Austin Bulldog)

                                 Patterson, Bill (Texas Daily Newspaper Assn, / Texas Press Assn.)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Archer, Tom (Homeowners of Texas, Inc.)

                                 Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizcn)

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