WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April  27, 2009 - 8:30 AM
HB  150
 
     On:
Smith, Judie (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Fickel, Ann (TX Classroom Teacher)
 
 
Sanderson, Josh (Association of TX Professional Educators)
 
 
Trochesset, Shannon  (Self)
 
 
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)
 
 
 
 
HB  412
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Burdett, Jeff (Texas Cable Assoc.)
 
 
Camacho, Jose (Windstream Communications)
 
 
Christian, Liza (tw telecom)
 
 
Cruz, Velma (Sprint)
 
 
Denton, Brad (Texas Telephone Association)
 
 
Garcia, David (AT&T)
 
 
Heflin, Talmadge (Texas Public Policy Foundation (Submit written testimony))
 
 
Hinkle, Ron (Verizon Wireless)
 
 
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)
 
 
Lawson, Richard (Verizon)
 
 
Wohlgemuth, Arlene (tw telicom)
 
 
 
 
HB  450
 
    For:
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allen, George (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
Cruz, Velma (Sprint)
 
 
Erben, Randy (The Home Depot)
 
 
Rodriguez, Oscar (Tx Assn Broadcasters)
 
 
 
 
HB  589
 
    For:
Kobayashi, Joan (KMFA)
 
 
Moore, Steve (KMFA)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bailey, Chuck (KMFA)
 
 
 
 
HB  847
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
 
 
Cabrales, John (City of Denton, TX)
 
 
Carter, Janis (TX Instruments)
 
 
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Haynes, Adam (TIPRO)
 
 
Heflin, Talmadge (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)
 
 
LeBas, James (Association of Electric Companies of Texas. Texas Chemical Council)
 
 
Massingill, Gavin (Dow Chemical Company)
 
 
Moore, Julie W (Occidental Petroleum)
 
 
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Conservative Coalition)
 
Against:
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)
 
 
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1210
 
    For:
LeBas, James (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Eugene, Darrick (Texas Carbon Capture & Storage Assoc)
 
 
Haynes, Adam (TIPRO)
 
 
Maxwell Hunt, Amy (Texas Biz. for Clean Air)
 
 
Moore, Julie W (Occidental Petroleum)
 
 
Pate, Gardner (EOG Resources)
 
 
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
 
 
Reinhart, Patrick (International Power)
 
 
Sander, Lindsay (KinderMorgan)
 
 
Stevens, Bill (Tx Alliance of Energy Producers)
 
 
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)
 
 
Winland, Christopher (Good Company Associates)
 
 
 
 
HB  1261
 
    For:
McEwen, Clark (Texas RV Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
 
 
Campbell, James (New Car Dealers Assn of Dallas)
 
 
Mays, Dan (Texas Recreational Vehicle Association (TRVA))
 
 
 
 
HB  1287
 
    For:
Johnson, Cheryl (Gal Co. Tax Office & Taxpayers)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allen, George (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)
 
 
 
 
HB  1292
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Johnson, Cheryl (Gal Co Tax Office & Taxpayers)
 
 
 
 
HB  1309
 
    For:
Mcclelland, Mark (Tax Assessor-Collectors Assn of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  1996
 
    For:
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America)
 
 
Dickens, Linda (Tech America)
 
 
Enloe, John "David" (Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. & Introgen Technical Services, Inc.)
 
 
Kowalski, Tom (THBI/ Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
 
 
Casselberry, Craig (Texas Coalition for Capital)
 
 
Erben, Randy (Genentech, Inc.)
 
 
Garcia, David (AT&T)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
 
 
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Assoc.)
 
 
LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council. Association of Electric Companies of Texas.)
 
 
Massingill, Gavin (Dow Chemical Company)
 
 
Shields, Chris (Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
 
 
HB  2103
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
 
 
Casselberry, Craig (Texas Coalition for Capital)
 
 
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America)
 
    For:
Couch, Lee (Bell Helicopter Textron)
 
 
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
 
 
Erben, Randy (Amarillo Economic Development Corporation)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
 
 
LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council. Association of Electric Companies of Texas.)
 
 
Massingill, Gavin (Dow Chemical Company)
 
 
Pearce, Amber (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
 
 
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company)
 
 
Shields, Chris (City of San Antonio)
 
 
Shields, Chris (Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
Valdez, Jerry (Greater Houston Partnership)
 
 
Wurzel, Geoff (TechNet)
 
 
 
 
HB  2284
 
    For:
Rogers, Mark  (Self)
 
 
Treviño, Ignacio  (Self and Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation)
 
 
Ward, Bob  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allen, George (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
Folmar, Jeffrey  (Self)
 
 
Winland, Christopher (Good Company Associates)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cabrales, John (City of Denton, TX)
 
 
 
 
HB  2398
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  2583
 
    For:
Sprouse, Laurie (Association of Destination Management Executives)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Stearns, Eric (Texas State Comptroller)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Industry Association)
 
 
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
 
 
Newton, Will (NFIB / Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  3332
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Haynes, Adam (TIPRO)
 
 
Hughes, Wayne (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)
 
 
Stevens, Bill (Tx Alliance of Energy Producers)
 
 
 
 
HB  4076
 
    For:
Curren, Tim  (Self)
 
 
James, Craig  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  4201
 
    For:
Bittick, Susan (Ford Motor Company)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Leo, Myra (Alliance of Automobile Manufactures)
 
 
 
 
HB  4412
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allen, George (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  4433
 
    For:
Rhea, IV, J.W. Bill (GeoTexas Company)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Alcorn Jr, George (Universal Geopower)
 
    For:
Maxwell Hunt, Amy (Texas Business for Clean Air)
 
 
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
 
 
Stevens, Bill (Tx Alliance of Energy Producers)
 
 
Winland, Christopher (Good Company Associates)
 
 
 
 
HB  4516
 
    For:
Kee, Robert (Texas Motorcycle Dealers Assoc. and Destination Cycle Sports)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hardy, Richard (Motorcycle Industry Council - M.I.C. Alexandria, Virginia)
 
 
Lamb, Mark  (Self)
 
 
Littlefield, Steve (Central Texas Powersports Georgetown, Tx)
 
 
Marks, Michael (Texas Motorcycle Dealers Assn.)
 
 
Patterson, Jennifer (McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP Texas Motorcycle Dealers Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  4668
 
Against:
Fowler, G. William (West Texas Gas, Inc WTG Gas Marketing, Inc)
 
 
LeBas, James (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Brazaitis, Gregory (Energy Transfer Company)
 
 
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)
 
 
Massingill, Gavin (Dow Chemical Company)
 
 
Pate, Gardner (EOG Resources)
 
 
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Conservative Coalition)
 
 
Sander, Lindsay (KinderMorgan)
 
 
Stevens, Bill (Tx Alliance of Energy Producers)
 
 
Woodard, Shayne (Freeport LNG)
 
 
Woodard, Shayne (Spectra Energy)
 
 
 
 
HB  4752
 
    For:
Blom, David (Forest City Prosper Limited Partnership)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Green, Timothy (Forest City Prosper Lta.)
 
 
 
 
HJR 81
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)
 
 
 
 
HJR 130
 
    For:
Curren, Tim  (Self)
 
 
James, Craig  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Howard, Corbett (Celina Economic Development Corporation)