WITNESS LIST
Economic Development Committee
April 5, 2005-12:00A
HB 1496
For: Conner, Claudia (ACCION Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Baylor, Don (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
HB 1747
For: Baylor, Don (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Kessler, Ron (Self)
Willson, Matthew (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Conner, Claudia (ACCION Texas)
Lively, Lance (NFIB)
Newton, Will (NFIB TEXAS)
Powers, Pike (Texas Technology Initiative)
Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)
On: Stone, Charles (Office of Rural Community Affairs)
Wood, Robert (Texas Department of Agriculture)
HB 1750
For: Camp, Victoria (Texas Association Against Sexual
Assault)
Riddering, Hannah (Texas National Association for Women)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
Moeller, Becky (TX AFL-CIO)
Against: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Huler, Christopher (Texas Employment Law Council)
HB 1765
For: Allen, Mike (McAllen Economic Development Corporation)
Goodall, Dr. Randy (Sematech)
Kowalski, Tom (Texas Healthcare and Biosciance
Institute)
Krier, Joseph (Metro 8 Chamber)
Mayes, Gray (Texas Instruments)
Randall, John (Zyvex Corporation)
Sproull, Bill (Metroplex Technology Business Council)
On: Calvin, James (Texas A&M University)
Iscce, Neil (Office of Technology Commericialization)
Roberts, Wayne (Office of the Governer)
Stone, Dennis (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bufkin, Ben (Self)
Butler, Daron (Self)
Camacho, Chrissy (American Electronics Association)
Cargill, Johnny (Texas Motor Transportation Association)
Cates, Phil (TMTA)
Chido, Dana (Freescale Semiconductor)
Culver, Anne (Greater Houston Partnership)
Feld, Brian (The Methodist Hospital System)
Findeisen, Les (Texas Motor Transportation Association)
Foster, Wendy (Texas Nanotechnology Institute)
Garza, Wanda (Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition
Chair)
Gayle, Dewitt (Susman Tisdale Gayle Architects)
Hentges, Sandra (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Hodsen, Greg (Scott White Hosptial & Clinic)
Kastrin, Deborah (County of El Paso)
Kastrin, Deborah (Self)
Kessler, Ron (Self)
Kester, Steve (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMO))
Key, Alan (Investors Alliance Inc.)
Lebermann, Lowell (Self)
McWilliams, Corby (Self)
Oneacre, Amanda (Greater Dallas Chamber)
Paul, Julie (Technet Texas)
Perez, Ricardo (Self)
Pollard, Scott (Self)
Powers, Pike (Texas Technology Initiative)
Rhodes, Richard (Self)
Rollins, Mike (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Smith, Mark (Hunt Building Company)
Stacy, Tom (Self)
Stallworth, Nathan (Grande)
Stout, Bob (The Woodlands Development Company)
Taylor, Steve (Applied Materials, Inc.)
Townsend Jr., Pat (Mission Economic Development
Authority)
Valdez, Jerry (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
HB 2277
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
Moeller, Becky (TX AFL-CIO)
Riddering, Hannah (Texas National Organization for
Women)
Against: Huler, Christopher (Texas Employment Law Council)
HB 2316
On: Ballard, Don (TWC)
HB 2421
For: Allen, Mike (McAllen Economic Development Corporation)
Baylor, Don (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Castaneodo, Blas (Laredo Community College)
DeFafuente, Veronica (Office of the Cameron County
Judge)
Garza, Wanda (Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition
Chair)
Garza Jr., Ramiro (Edinburg Economic Development
Corporation)
Rhodes, Richard (El Paso Community College)
Townsend Jr., Pat (The Greater McAllen Alliance)
On: Castellanos, Fransisco (Rio Grande Valley Partnership)
Leal, Dr. Gilbert (Texas State Technical College -
Harligen)
Riley, Steve (TWC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gonzalez, Rene (Self)
Moeller, Becky (TX AFL-CIO)
MonDragon, Steve (Laredo Community College)
Perez, Ricardo (Self)
Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)
Smith, Mark (Hunt Building Company)
Stewart, Norman (Self)
Welch, Fred (Texas Economic Development Council)
Against: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
On: Rath, Diane (TWC)
HB 2716
For: Riddering, Hannah (Texas National Organization for
Women)
HB 2928
For: Williams, Rick (Nederland EIDC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Chatham, Donna (Association of Rural Communities in
Texas)
Farst, Debra (Texas Downtown Association)
Rudy, Vicky (Association of Rural Communities in Texas)
HB 2959
Against: Craven, Susan (Texans Care for Children)
On: Frederick, Gary (TWC)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Saxton, Josette (Self)
HB 2961
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Frederick, Gary (TWC)
HB 2962
On: Frederick, Gary (TWC)