WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
March 24, 2011 30 Minutes Upon Final Adjournment/Recess
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen, Inc)
Against:
Lee, B.J. (Self)
For:
Altinger, Roland (HCAD Harris County Appraisal District)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Pigott, Ron (Comptroller of Public Accts.)
Against:
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Casey, Stephen (Self; Texas Center for Defense of Life)
Everett, Carol (Self)
Hotze, Margaret F. (Life Advocates of Houston)
Meyer, Dina (Texas Alliance for Life)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc)
Rivas, Andrew (TX Catholic Conference)
Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Against:
Collins, Stefanie (ACLU of TX; Nat'l Women Political Caucus- Texas)
Dobberfuhl, Rebecca (Self)
Dobberfuhl, Steven (Self)
Lambert, Kristen (Self)
Parken, Judy (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Saltzman, Hilary (Self)
For:
Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Aguirre, Antolin (Self)
Collins, Stefanie (ACLU of Texas;)
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Mares, Jesus (Self)
Medina, Maria (Self)
Resendiz, Karla (Self)
Reyes, Esther (Self; Reform Immigration for TX Alliance)
Shelton, Emily (Texas Impact)
Tavera, Dianna (Self)
Trejo, Walter (Self)
On:
Reyna, Adrian (Self; Texas DREAM Alliance)
For:
Drenner, Julie (Self)
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Against:
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Casey, Stephen (Self; Texas Center for Defense of Life)
Everett, Carol (Self)
Graham, Elizabeth (Texas Right to Life)
Kebodeaux, Emily (Texas Right to Life)
Meyer, Dina (Texas Alliance for Life)
Newman, Anne (Self; Trinity Legal Cente)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc)
Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)
Schlueter, Linda (Trinity Legal Center)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Against:
Collins, Stefanie (ACLU of Texas; Nat'l Womens Political Caucus - TX)
Dobberfuhl, Rebecca (Self)
Dobberfuhl, Steven (Self)
Lambert, Kristen (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Parken, Judy (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Saltzman, Hilary (Self)
For:
Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, David (Self)
Drenner, Julie (Self)
Newman, Anne (Self; Trinity Legal Center)
Schlueter, Linda (Self)
Against:
Aguirre, Antolin (Self)
Collins, Stefanie (ACLU of Texas)
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)
Mares, Jesus (Self)
Medina, Maria (Self)
Resendiz, Karla (Self)
Reyes, Esther (Self)
Reyna, Adrian (Texas DREAM Alliance)
Rivas, Andrew (TX Catholic Conference)
Shelton, Emily (Texas Impact)
Tavera, Dianna (Self; Reform Immigration for TX Alliance)
Trejo, Walter (Self)
For:
Casey, Stephen (Texas Center for Defense of Life)
Hamlin, Marc (Self)
Newman, Anne (Self; Trinity Legal Center)
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
Schlueter, Linda (Trinity Legal Center)
On:
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Everett, Carol (Self)
Graham, Elizabeth (Texas Right to Life)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Kebodeaux, Emily (Texas Right to Life)
Meyer, Dina (Texas Alliance for Life)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc)
Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Terra, Gregory (Texas Center for Defense of Life)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Against:
Dobberfuhl, Becca (Self)
Dobberfuhl, Steven (Self)
Hester, Tina (Jane's Due Process Legal Hotline)
Lambert, Kristen (Self)
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Parken, Judy (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Saltzman, Hilary (Self)
For:
Farrar, Jim (Self)
Stephenson, Roger (Self)
Against:
Ratliff, Shannon (Texas Civil Justice League)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
For:
Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas Ratepayers Organization to Save Energy (TEXAS ROSE))
Dyer, Richard (Texas Coalition for Affordable Power)
Morstad, Tim (AARP)
Against:
Davis, Steve (Alliance for Retail Markets)
Fainter JR, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, INC)
Lowe, Ronnie (Lancaster Outreach Center)
Webking, Catherine (TEAM - Texas Energy Association For Marketers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cooper, Lanetta (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen Inc)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Black, Lindsey (Self)
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Richie, Carl (TXU Energy)
On:
Givens, Sheri (Office of Public Utility Counsel)
For:
Carter, David (Self)
Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)
Against:
Lee, BJ (Self)
Resendiz, Karla (Self)
Reyna, Adrian (Texas DREAM Alliance)
On:
Baldwin, Jeff (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Aguirre, Antolin (Self)
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Mares, Jesus (Self)
Medina, Maria (Self)
Reyes, Esther (Self; Reform Immigration for TX Alliance)
Rivas, Andrew (TX Catholic Conference)
Shelton, Emily (Texas Impact)
Tavera, Dianna (Self)
Trejo, Walter (Self)
For:
Drenner, Julie (Self)
Everett, Carol (Self)
Graham, Elizabeth (Texas Right to Life)
Newman, Anne (Self; Trinity Legal Cente)
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
Schlueter, Linda (Trinity Legal Center)
Terra, Greg (Texas Center for Defense of Life)
Against:
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Casey, Stephen (Self; Texas Center for Defense of Life)
Hotze, Margaret F. (Life Advocates of Houston, Texas)
Kebodeaux, Emily (Texas Right to Life)
Meyer, Dina (Texas Alliance for Life)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Against:
Collins, Stefanie (ACLU of TX; Natl Womens Political Caucus - TX)
Dobberfuhl, Becca (Self)
Dobberfuhl, Steven (Self)
Lambert, Kristen (Self)
Parken, Judy (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Saltzman, Hilary (Self)
On:
Burns, Bruce (Department State Health Services (DSHS) Center for Health Statistics)
Lackey, Sandra (Texas Department of State Health Services Vital Statistics Unit)
For:
Crowder, Calvin (Electric Transmission Texas, LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grace, Jim (Center Point Energy, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Darwin, Norman (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)
Kennedy, Kelly (Sunset Commission)
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance - Division of Workers' Comp.)
White, Brian (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)
For:
Yarbrough, Charles (Atmos Energy)
Against:
Toney, Doug (Texas Daily Newspaper Association; Texas Press Association; New Braunfels
Herald - Zeitung)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mann, James (Texas Pipeline Association and Atmos Pipelin - Texas Division)
Renner, Dan (Texas Gas Association)
Ruckel, Grant (ONEOK)
Urrabazo, JP (CenterPoint Energy)
For:
Davis, Steve (Alliance for Retail Markets)
McCollough, Scott (Data Foundry)
Sandidge, Clint (Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC)
Against:
Dreyfus, Mark (Austin Energy / City of Austin, TX)
Kuykendall, Chris (Self)
Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Assciation)
On:
Ramirez, Jorge (Texas Facilities Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Macfarlane, Andrew (Data Foundry Inc)
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Webking, Catherine (TEAM Texas Enery Association For Marketers)
Against:
Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas Ratepayers Organization to Save Energy (Texas Rose))
Cooper, Lanetta (Self)
Morstad, Tim (AARP)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Herweck, Rich (Texas CHP Initiative)
For:
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen Inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Pigott, Ron (Comptroller of Public Accts)
Robinson, Karen (Texas Dept. of Information Resources)
Teleki, Katharine (Sunset Advisory Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Baxter, Todd (Texas Cable Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camacho, Jose (Windstream Communications)
Denton, Brad (Texas Telephone Association)
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
Erhart, Carl (Verizon Communications)
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Stringer, Scott (Century Link)
On:
Hicks, Sheri (TEXALTEL)
Ince, Kristie (TW telecom of texas)
Siegel, Howard (Logix Communications)
On:
Baxter, Todd (Texas Cable Association)
Richards, Don (Texas Telephone Cooperatives)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camacho, Jose (Windstream Communications)
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America (TechAmerica))
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Stringer, Scott (Century Link)
On:
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
Erhart, Carl (Verizon Communications)
Hicks, Sheri (TEXALTEL)
Ince, Kristie (TW telecom of texas)
Siegel, Howard (Logix Communications)
On:
Baxter, Todd (Texas Cable Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camacho, Jose (Windstream Communications)
Denton, Brad (Texas Telephone Association)
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Stringer, Scott (Century Link)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
Erhart, Carl (Verizon Communications)
Hicks, Sheri (TEXALTEL)
Ince, Kristie (TW telecom of texas)
Siegel, Howard (Logix Communications)
On:
Baxter, Todd (Texas Cable Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camacho, Jose (Windstream Communications)
Denton, Brad (Texas Telephone Association)
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Stringer, Scott (Century Link)
On:
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
Erhart, Carl (Verizon Communications)
Hicks, Sheri (TEXALTEL)
Ince, Kristie (TW telecom of texas)
Siegel, Howard (Logix Commications)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Darr, Shyra (Texas Facilities Commission)
For:
Hotze, Margaret F. (The Life Advocates of Houston TX)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc)
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)
Against:
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Everett, Carol (Self)
Meyer, Dina (Texas Alliance for Life)
Newman, Anne (Self; Trinity Legal Center)
Schlueter, Linda (Trinity Legal Center)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Collins, Stefanie (ACLU of TX; Nat'l Womens Political Caucus - TX)
Dobberfuhl, Rebecca (Self)
Dobberfunl, Steven (Self)
Lambert, Kristen (Self)
Parken, Judy (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Saltzman, Hilary (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Shelton, Emily (Texas Impact)
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen Inc)
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