WITNESS LIST
Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
March 18, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Barker, Chris (City of Euless)
DeMayo, Mandy (City of Austin)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Martin, Ben (Texas housers)
Mendelsohn, Cara (City of Dallas)
Miller, Diana (Schwartz, Page & Harding, LLP)
Price, Charlie (Development corp of tarrant county and TACDC)
Raulston, Natalie (City of Arlington)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Against:
Grey, Dianna (Self; Strategic Housing Finance Corporation)
Ward, Jim (Self; Strategic Housing Finance Corporation)
On:
Bast, Cynthia (Self)
Gilliam, Lance (Self)
Kowal, Ron (Texas NAHRO)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
Thornton, Brian (ZG Companies)
Walsh, Nick (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Walter, Bill (Texas nahro)
Zieben, Lee (Self; ZG Companies)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Arfsten, Bruce (City of Addison)
Berger, Daniel (Travis County ESD#2)
Blackburn, David (Bell County)
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Cohen, Howard (Association of Water Board Directors)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)
Mains, Chuck (Self)
Minyard, Trevor (City of McKinney, Texas)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Ross, Jim (City of Arlington)
Rubin, Kaylin (Self; Strategic Housing Finance Corporation of Travis County)
Russell, Claudia (City of San Marcos, Texas)
Seifert, Scott (Self; Harris County Emergency Services District No. 7)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Watson, Stephen (Self; Parker County Emergency Services District NO 1)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Kercheval, Todd (Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (TALHFA))
Parsons, Braxton (Talhfa)
On:
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability rights Texas)
Martin, Ben (Texas housers)
Ramirez, Ricardo (City of Austin)
Against:
Blackmon, Paula (City of Dallas)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Ramirez, Ricardo (City of Austin)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
For:
Rodriguez, Selene (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Russo, Christopher (Self; Texans for Strong Borders)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Christianna (Self; True Texas Project)
Brown, Elaina (Self; True Texas Project)
Brown, James (Self)
Brown, Monica (Self; True Texas Projecr)
Cheshire, Cary (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Reagan, Charlene (Self; True Texas Project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Rogers, David (Self; True Texas Project)
Against:
Fiedler, Levi (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)
Hernandez, Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
For:
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Palacios, Denisce (Self; Climate Cabinet)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brannan, Ryan (Austin Police Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Thornton, Brian (Self)
Against:
Costello, Alicia (Self)
Eickstaedt, Wendy (Self)
Fox, Lakshmi (Self)
Green, Laura (Self)
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)
Hernandez, Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Hunt, Peter (Self)
Jones, Amber (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Kamp, Amy (Self; Ground Game Texas)
Martinez, Eric (Self; Mano Amiga)
Mitchell, Devon (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Tomas, Ananda (Self; ACT 4 SA Action Fund)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
On:
Gordon, Justin (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Finley, Kaitlyn (FGA Action)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Bookout, Janis (Self)
Cleveland, Ingrid (Self)
Dalton, Irma (Self)
Dalton, Nicolas (Self)
Escobedo calzada, Francisca (Self)
Garcia, Maria julia (Self)
Gonzalez, Christina (Rising Up Together San Antonio)
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
Hamilton, Ashleigh (Self; UpTogether)
Morales, Alicia (Self)
Neri, Ivanna (Self)
Pena, Vanessa (Self; Rising Uptogether San Antonio)
Stout, David (El Paso County Commissioner, Precinct 2)
Tapia, Luz (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarez, Magdalena (Self; Uptoguether)
Brown, Christianna (Self; True Texas Project)
Brown, Elaina (Self; True Texas Project)
Brown, James (Self)
Brown, Monica (Self; True Texas Projecr)
Burdett, Jeff (NFIB)
Cheshire, Cary (Self)
Hodges, Bradley (Self)
Kosich, Nicole (Self)
Pena, Lauren (Self)
Reagan, Charlene (Self; True Texas Project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Rogers, David (Self; True Texas Project)
Russo, Christopher (Self)
Thornton, Brian (Self)
Against:
Acevedo, Michelle (Rising up together)
Acosta, Barbara (Self)
Acosta, Tina (Self)
Balderas, Geovanna (Self)
Balderas, Jordy (Self)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Curry, Luke (Up Together)
Erisman, Wendy (Self)
Escobedo, Elvia (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Fox, Lakshmi (Self)
Garza, Xavier (Self)
Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)
Hernandez, Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Jones, Amber (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Madrid, Eunice (Self)
Marroquin, Ruby (Uptogether san antonio)
Martinez, Catherine (Self)
Miguel, Sandra (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Nava, Rosario (Self)
Noble, Andrew (Self)
Palafos, Rafael (Self)
Poinsett, Royce (Economic Security Project)
Rodriguez Lopez, Roxana Lili (Self)
Santos, Sandra (Self)
Seal, Melissa (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thomson, Susan (Self)
For:
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Ellmer, Mindy (Haven for Hope)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability Rights Texas)
Martin, Ben (Texas housers)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
Newton, Chris (Texas Apartment Association)
Patterson, T J (City of Fort Worth)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Ramirez, Ricardo (City of Austin)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Against:
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Hartsfield, Cory (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
On:
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
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