WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April 1, 2019 - 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
James, Aryn (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
For:
Stephens, Greg (Self; Foundation Appraisers Coalition of Texas)
Woomer, Eric (Foundation Appraisers Coalition of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
For:
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Rove, Karen (AGC of Texas Highway Heavy)
Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corporation)
Against:
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Kerristen (Self)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Lyles, Steve (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Moore, Chas (Austin Justice Coalition)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Van Lowe, John (Self)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
Whittington, LaTonya (Self; Cannabis Reform of Houston)
Against:
Altgelt, James (Self)
On:
Hamilton, Darwin (Self)
For:
Geer, Charlie (Self; American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)
McEwan, Jennifer (Texas Society of Professional Engineers)
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Against:
Brown, Jay (Valero)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Gammage, Sam (Texas Chemical Council)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Joyce, Shana (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Strama, Keith (ExxonMobil)
For:
Kita, Matthew (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arrambide, Aimee (Self; Naral pro choice texas)
James, Aryn (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Against:
Canales, Barbara (Self; Nueces County)
Gallagher, Michael (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Odam, John (Harris county)
On:
Frizzell, Jason (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Godbey, Joshua (Office of Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)
Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corporation)
Young, Tiffany (Texans Against Lawsuit Abuse AND Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse of
Central Texas)
Against:
Collins, Karen (Self)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal Lague)
Johnson, Windy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
On:
Winter, Raymond (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Collins, Karen (Self)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
On:
Bangert, Ryan (Office of Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Andrews, Jenny (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Borah, Abigail (Self)
Faircloth, Ingrid (Self)
Garrison, Glenda (Self)
Johnson-Matthews, Sylvia (Self; Houston Pregnancy Help Centers DBA Fifth Ward Pregnancy
Help Center)
Linton, Paul (Texas Alliance for Life)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Reyes, Gus (Self; Christian life commission of Texas Baptists)
Salazar, Melanie (Self; Students For Life Action)
Scott, Jeri Lynn (Self)
Seibert, Denise (Self)
Weidaw, Blake (Self)
White, Molly (Self)
White, Molly (Self)
Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life)
Zarr, Sarah (Self; Students for Life of America)
Against:
Arrambide, Aimee (Self; Naral pro choice texas)
Hansen, Katie (Self)
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
Tigner, Drucilla (Self; ACLU of Texas)
On:
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castle, Mary (Texas Values)
Cooksey, Matthew (Texas Alliance for Life)
Costilla, America (Self)
Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)
Harper, Terry (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Johnson, Teri (Self)
Lee, Jennifer (Self)
Legreid, Mary (Self)
Legreid, Mary Catherine (Self)
Lehmkuhle, Brian (Self)
O'Donnell, Amy (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Owen, Charlotte (Self)
Rodriguez, Katrina (Self)
Russell, Mary (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Schlueter, Thomas (Self; Texas Apostolic Prayer Network)
Sharp, Jerry (Self; Students For Life Action)
Sheahan, Kathy (Self)
Simmons, Deborah (Self)
Sims, Renate (Self)
Stike, Davida (Self)
Stringer, Jacqueline (Self)
Against:
Alarcon, Sofia (Self)
Alexander, Stacy (Self)
Ballew, Elizabeth (Self; Texas Handmaids)
Ballew, Timothy (Self)
Barnes, Brett (Self)
Bixby, Pamela (Self; League of Women Voters Texas)
Bodin Gorgoroso, Alicia (Self)
Brodsky, Nina (Self)
Brooks, Amber (Self)
Brooks, Kerristen (Self)
Brown, Jamarr (Self)
Buck, Matthew (Self)
Cantu, Melita (Self)
Cato, Genevieve (Self)
Chambers, Courtney (Self)
Christal, Travis (Self)
Claytor, Sarah (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Davis, Wendy (Self; Deeds Not Words)
Dimas, Chariste (Self)
DiMasi, Rachel (Self)
Edwards, Colin (Self)
Ela, Elizabeth (Self)
Fiduk, Kenneth (Self)
Fowler, Elaina (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Gonzalez, Saul (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Grimes, Andrea (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Haley, Robyn (Self)
Hampton, Raymond (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Hampton Rice, Clarissa (Self)
Harrison, Stephanie (Self)
Hood, Timothy (Self)
Lance, Jan (Self)
Layfield, Monica (Self)
Limon-Mercado, Dyana (Self)
Limones, Delma Catalina (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Lopez, Sarah (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Malley, Darren (Self)
Marques, Rebecca (Self)
Martin, Emily (Self)
Martin, Stephanie (Self)
Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)
Pelaez, Zoraima (Self)
Ray, Isabel (Self)
Rice, Justin (Self)
Richards, Joanne (Self)
Richardson, Justin (Self)
Robles, Samantha (Progress Texas)
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Saucedo, Joanna (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Smudz, Matthew (Self)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Strachey, Jane (Self)
Taylor, Jonelle (Self)
Valdez, Ashlee (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Valencia, Alelhie (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Wang, Jasmine (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Yates, Joel (Self)
Yelverton, Brittany (Self)
For:
Eiland, Craig (Self)
Harvey, Jay (Self; Texas trial lawyers assoc.)
Against:
Hampton, Raymond (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Texas Medical
Association)
Jackson, Brian (Texas Alliance for Patient Access (TAPA))
Owen, Heather (Self; Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Roberts, Sam (Self; US Acute Care Solutions, LLC)
On:
Duncan, Robert (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Dittmar, Brian (Self; TMLT)
Fainter Jr, John W (Texas Civil Jostice League)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Kelly, Bill (Mayors Office, City of Houston)
Knaupe, Gregg (Ascension Seton)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Mathis, James (Houston Methodist Hospital)
Ottinger, Timothy (Catholic Health Initiatives Texas Division)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
For:
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)
McEwan, Jennifer (Texas Society of Professional Engineers)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
For:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Bresnen, Steve (Self; TEXAS FAMILY LAW FOUNDATION)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Goldfarb, Jeffrey (Self)
Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)
Kita, Matthew (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Seger, Andrew (Self)
Tate, David (AT&T)
Against:
Allen, Stacy (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Beebe, Anette (Xcentric Ventures, LLC)
Calzada, Alicia (Self; National Press Photographers Association)
Cook, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Donaldson, David (Self)
Duchouquette, Robert (Self)
Dufner, Erin (Better Business Bureau serving the Heart Of Texas)
Hemphill, Carol (Self)
Hooks, Angela (Yelp)
Howard, Marie (Self)
Lanum, Michelle (Self)
Martin, Ken (Self; The Austin Bulldog)
Montiel, Carmen Maria (Self)
Morris, JT (Self; Protect Free Speech Coalition)
Olson, Jennifer (Self)
Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)
Reneau, Danny (Self; TExas Press Association)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Steenbergen, James (Self)
Thompson (Bama Brown), Greg (Self)
Trice, Melissa (Self)
On:
Archuleta, Tim (USA TODAY Network)
Beckett, Mary Ann (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Depew, Sarah (Self)
Field, Scott (Self)
Long, Juliet (Self)
McDonald, Tony (Self; Empower Texans)
Mogged, Chuck (Self)
Perales, Marisa (Self)
Ramsey, Brad (Self; WFAA / TEGNA)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Sherwin, Robert (Self)
Sherwin, Robert (Self)
Trainor, Trey (Self)
Wainwright, Dale (Self)
Westfall, Greg (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Fainter Jr, John W (Texas Civil Justice League)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Gammage, Sam (Texas Chemical Council)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Meroney, Mike (Self)
Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
Winborn, Jason (AT&T)
Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Escover, John (Self)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Gnaedinger, Amanda (Self; Common Cause Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
Long, Alvin (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Rodriguez, Oscar (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Thompson, Jamie (Self)
Trice, James (Self)
Woolsey, Leonard (The Daily News (Galveston County), Texas Press Association)
On:
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
Sheetz, Samuel (Americans for Prosperity)
Sterling, Shelby (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
For:
Chenoweth, Mark (Self; New Civil Liberties Alliance)
Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)
Weldon, Chance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Matz, Sarah (CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association))
McCord, Mia (Texas Conservative Coalition)
McDonald, Tony (Self; Empower Texans)
Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Against:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
For:
Merritt, Garry (Texas Association of Counties)
Against:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Hunt, Lauren (Self)
Ikard Jr, Frank N (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Against:
Turner, Robert (Self; Earth moving contractors assn of texas)
For:
Rich, Bobby (Kaufman County Court at Law 2)
For:
Ramsay, Wayne Ramsay (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Fainter Jr, John W (Texas Civil Justice League)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Grace Jr., James (CNA Insurance)
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)
Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)
For:
Barton, John (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Holt, Lynn (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
On:
Whalen, Thea (Texas Justice Court Training Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Fainter Jr, John W (Texas Civil Justice League)
Grace Jr., James (CNA Insurance)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Collins, Karen (Self)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
For:
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council)
Schultz, Ron (TXOGA Texas oil and gas association)
Troxclair, Caleb (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Against:
McFarland, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bentley, Matthew (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association)
Cannon, Thure (Texas pipeline association)
Joyce, Shana (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)
Lozano, Michael (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Against:
Bremer, Jennifer (Texas Land & Mineral Owners Association)
Hayter, Russell (Self)
For:
Cook, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
White, Molly (Self)
Against:
Ray, Isabel (Self)
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Salvador, Anjali (ACLU of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Castle, Mary (Texas Values)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)
Hayter, Russell (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Russell, Mary (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
York, Ruth (Self)
Against:
Adjan, James (Self)
Aktary, Lara (Self)
Alarcon, Sofia (Self)
Arrambide, Aimee (Self; Executive director)
Ballew, Elizabeth (Self; Texas Handmaids)
Ballew, Timothy (Self)
Barnes, Brett (Self)
Bixby, Pamela (Self; League of Women Voters Texas)
Bodin Gorgoroso, Alicia (Self)
Brodsky, Nina (Self)
Brooks, Amber (Self)
Brown, Jamarr (Self)
Cantu, Melita (Self)
Cato, Genevieve (Self)
Chambers, Courtney (Self)
Christal, Travis (Self)
Claytor, Sarah (Self)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Dimas, Chariste (Self)
DiMasi, Rachel (Self)
Edwards, Colin (Self)
Ela, Elizabeth (Self)
Fiduk, Kenneth (Self)
Fowler, Elaina (Self; Planned Parenthood Texas Votes)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Grimes, Andrea (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Hampton, Raymond (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Hampton Rice, Clarissa (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hansen, Katie (Self)
Harrison, Stephanie (Self)
Hester, Tina (Self; Jane's Due Process)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Lance, Jan (Self)
Layfield, Monica (Self)
Limon-Mercado, Dyana (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Lopez, Sarah (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Malley, Darren (Self)
Marques, Rebecca (Self)
Martin, Emily (Self)
Martin, Stephanie (Self)
Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)
Parsley, Alissa (Self)
Pelaez, Zoraima (Self)
Rice, Justin (Self)
Richardson, Justin (Self)
Robles, Samantha (Progress Texas)
Rojas, Raul (Self)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Smudz, Matthew (Self)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Strachey, Jane (Self)
Taylor, Jonelle (Self)
Valencia, Alelhie (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Wang, Jasmine (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Whitley, Weldon (Self)
Wolfe, Katherine (Self)
Yates, Joel (Self)
Yelverton, Brittany (Self)
For:
Ramsay, Wayne (Self; Law Project for Psychiatric Rights)
Against:
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
On:
Horton, Colleen (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)
Wright, Ben (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas Convention)
Against:
Brown, Douglas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Russell (Self; Woodlawn Baptist Church)
Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas Convention)
Guerrero, Orlando (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Reyes, Gus (Self; Christian life commission of Texas Baptists)
Against:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
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