WITNESS LIST
Business & Industry Committee
February  27, 2007 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  85
 
    For:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum - Education Liaison)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Almanza, Nanacy A.  (Self)
 
 
Valdez, Claudia  (Self)
 
 
Wasielewski, Miguel  (Self and The Office of Student Financial Services, The University of Texas at Austin)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
McDonald, Carol L. (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas, Inc)
 
 
Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bell, Patrick (Capital One Financial Corp)
 
 
 
 
HB  248
 
Against:
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
 
 
Thompson, Jay (Assoc. of Fire & Casualty Cos. of Texas (AFACT))
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Baum, Walt (AECT - Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Bell, Patrick (Capital One Financial Corp)
 
 
Denton, Brad (Texas Telephone Associatoin)
 
 
Donohoe, Daniel (JP Morgan Chase)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Johnson, Connie (Progressive Ins. Co)
 
 
Jordan, Darie (Capital One Financial Corp)
 
 
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
Ward, Leslie (AT&T Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  248 - Committee Substitute  (Elkins/CSHB 248)
 
Against:
Scurlock, Steve (IBAT - Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  271
 
    For:
Morgan, Tom (Texas Association of Realtors)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gonzalez, Daniel (Tx. Association of Realtors)
 
 
 
 
HB  550
 
    For:
Fletcher, Katchina  (Self)
 
 
Goodison, Erin (SafePlace: Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Survival Center)
 
 
Levy, Rick (Tx AFL-CIO)
 
 
Rodriguez, Ana (Texas Council on Family Violence)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Geballe, Leslie (Tx Workforce Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Camp, Torie (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
 
 
Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  750
 
    For:
Balovich, Julie  (Self)
 
 
Doggett, Robert (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Martine, Carol (Martine Properties, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Cryer, Larry  (Self)
 
 
Polumbo, Judge Tony  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  750 - Committee Substitute  (Elkins/CSHB 750)
 
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  887
 
    For:
Brewer, John (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Daniels, Katrina (Susan D. Reed, Bexar County District Atorney)
 
    For:
Place, Allen (Texas Land Title Assn.)
 
 
Scurlock, Steve (IBAT - Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Sells, Robert (DPS Resource)
 
 
 
 
HB  901 - Committee Substitute  (Elkins/CSHB 901)
 
    For:
Scurlock, Steve (IBAT - Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  901
 
Against:
Blythe, Dean H. (Harte - Hanks, Inc.)
 
 
Davis, Will D. (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers)
 
 
Morris, Micky P. (National Assoc. of Letter Carriers)
 
 
Polanco, Joseph (Printing & Imaging Assoc. of MidAmerica)
 
 
Thompson, Jay (Tx. Assn. of Life Health Insurers Prudential, & AFACT)
 
 
Tidwell, Jerry  (Self and Texas Press Association, Texas Daily Newspaper Association, National Newspaper Association)
 
 
Warren, Dana  (Self)
 
 
Warren, Ed (Texas Rural Letter Carriers' Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Bell, Patrick  (Self and Capital One Financial Corp)
 
 
Bennett, Tony (American Forest & Paper Assn.)
 
 
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum - Education Liaison)
 
 
Jordan, Darie (Capital One Financial Corp)
 
 
Lively, Lance (National Federation of Independent Business NFIB)
 
 
Manross, Lee (Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
 
 
Pollard, Mike (Texas Assocation of Life & Health Insurers)
 
 
 
 
HB  941
 
    For:
Brewer, John (Harris County District Attorneys Office)
 
 
Lowe, Doug  (Self)
 
 
Thompson, R. Lowell  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Carr, Mindy (Texas Land Title Association)
 
 
Daniels, Katrina (Susan D. Reed, Bexar County District Attorney)
 
 
Scurlock, Steve (IBAT - Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hudson, Nicholas (The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)