WITNESS LIST
Economic Development Committee
April 23, 2003-8:00A
HB 105
For: Flores, Nancy (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Kihneman, Sarah (Travis County Domestic Violence and
Sexual Assault Survival Center/SafePlace)
Leftwich, Theresa (Williamson County Crisis Center)
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)
Sabo, Jason (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On: Broussard, Allen (Texas Workforce Commission (TWC))
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Morales, Becky (National Association of Social
Workers/Texas Chapter)
Ramsey, Lesley (Texas Campaign for Women's Health)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Villareal, Armando (United Farm Workers of America,
AFL-CIO)
Against: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
HB 772
For: Flores, Nancy (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Kihneman, Sarah (Travis County Domestic Violence and
Sexual Assault Survival Center/SafePlace)
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Leftwich, Theresa (Williamson County Crisis Center)
Morales, Becky (National Association of Social
Workers/Texas Chapter)
Ramsey, Lesley (Texas Campaign for Women's Health)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Sabo, Jason (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Washington, Carolyn (Self)
Against: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
HB 1244
For: Green, Penny (Texas Pay Equity Committee)
Riddering, Hannah (Texas National Organization for
Women)
Romero, Jesse (Center for Policy Alternatives)
Sabo, Jason (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Against: Knepp, Chris (Texas Employment Law Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Flores, Nancy (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Hardy Garcia, Dianne (Self)
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)
Ramsey, Lesley (Texas Campaign for Women's Health)
Shipley, Jessica (Self)
Villareal, Armando (Unites Farm Workers of
America/AFL-CIO)
Against: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
HB 1245
For: Brown, James (UAW Local 276)
Conway, Jimmy (Local 276)
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)
Against: Knepp, Chris (Texas Employment Law Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: House, Marc (Self)
Kelp, Jr., Richard (Self)
Sheppard, Emmett (Texas AFL-CIO)
Against: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
HB 2170
For: Dietz, Tyane (Deep East Texas Workforce Board)
Grisson, Joene (Self)
Kamas, Susan (Self and Central Texas Workforce Board)
On: Rath, Diane (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Hartsook, Marilyn (Deep East Texas Workforce Development
Board)
HB 2213
For: Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy)
Smith, Joleen (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
Widrow, Robert (Texas IDA Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Derr, Patti (Self)
Flores, Nancy (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Green, Penny (Self)
Harrigan, Mike (Self and Texas Mental Health Consumers)
Hyatt, Deborah (Self)
Kihneman, Sarah (SafePlace)
On: Geisman, Cindy (Texas Workforce Commission)
Economic Development Issues
On: Cunningham, William (Self)
Hetherington, David (Self)
Lakhani, Ashraf (Self)
Posatko, Jerome (McCombs School of Business, Corporate
Governance Class)
Wernick, Ephraim "Fry" (Corporate Governance Class (UT
Law/MBA))