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)