WITNESS LIST Economic Development Committee February 21, 2001-10:30A HB 55 For: Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO) Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union) Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization for Women) Against: Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas) Price, Ann Abrams (Texas Employment Law Council) Registering, but not testifying: For: Bailey, Ken (Self and Texas State Association of Fire Fighters) Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO) Molter, Michele (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)) Radcliff, Rebecca (Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)) Tounget, Craig (Texas PTA) Villarreal, Johnny (Self and Houston Fire Fighters - Local 341) Wall, Margorie (Texas State Teachers Association) Against: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business) HB 240 For: Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO) Against: Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas) Registering, but not testifying: For: Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization for Women) Against: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business) HB 243 For: Escobar, Felicia (National Council of La Raza) Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO) Against: Price, Ann Abrams (Texas Employment Law Council) Registering, but not testifying: For: Guzman, Sam (Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce) HB 323 For: Feild, Frank (Brownsville Chamber of Commerce) On: Zavaleta, Dr. Antonio (University of Texas - Brownsville (UTB) and Texas Southmost College (TSC)) Registering, but not testifying: For: Gadbois, Glenn (Texas Citizen Fund) Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business) On: Cardenas, Mary Rose (Univeristy of Texas - Brownsville (UTB) and Texas Southmost College (TSC)) HB 476 For: Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Dochen, Sandy (Capital Area Workforce Development Board) Registering, but not testifying: For: Corrigan, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence) Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO) Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization for Women) HB 533 Registering, but not testifying: For: Lavine, Richard (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO) Littles, Paula (Texas AFL-CIO) Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization for Women) Against: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business) Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas) HB 758 For: Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO) Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union) Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization for Women) Against: Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas) Price, Ann Abrams (Texas Employment Law Council) Registering, but not testifying: For: Bailey, Ken (Self and Texas State Association of Fire Fighters) Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO) Molter, Michele (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)) Tounget, Craig (Texas PTA) Villarreal, Johnny (Self and Houston Fire Fighters - Local 341) Wall, Margorie (Texas State Teachers Association) Against: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business) HB 935 Registering, but not testifying: For: Dochen, Sandy (Capital Area Workforce Development Board) Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business) Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO) Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas) On: Alexander, Cindy (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts) Dennis, David (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts) HB 936 Registering, but not testifying: For: Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Dochen, Sandy (Capital Area Workforce Development Board) Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business) Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO) Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas) Raab, Ted Melina (Texas State Employees Union) HB 1177 For: Tollett, Jordy (City of Houston - Houston Convention Bureau - Houston Hotel & Motel Association) Against: Dunham, David (Texas Tourism Industry Association) On: Teel, David (Texas Department of Economic Development) Registering, but not testifying: On: Moore, Jennifer (Texas Hotel & Motel Association) TX Workforce Development Board Syst On: Juarez, Joseph C. (U.S. Department of Labor) Unemployment Insurance On: Emsellem, Maurice (National Employment Law Project) Silva, Patrick (U.S. Department of Labor) Wilus, Ronald (U.S. Department of Labor)