WITNESS LIST
Economic Development Committee
March 15, 2001-8:00A
HB 762
For: Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Troxell, Richard R. (Self and House the Homeless)
Against: Clark, Jeff (National Federation of Independent
Business)
Mayfield, Robert (Self and National Federation of
Independent Business)
Rich, Sid (Texas Association of Residential Care
Communities)
Triplett, Jan (Business Success Center)
On: Bohuslav, Thomas (TxDOT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO)
Ramsey, Leslie Nicole (Self)
Against: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce)
Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
HB 856
For: Hollingsworth Jr., Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Triplett, Jan (Business Success Center)
Against: Clark, Jeff (National Federation of Independent
Business)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Kelly, Jack (Texas State Teachers Association)
Ramsey, Lesley Nicole (Self)
Romo, Joel (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Sabo, Jason (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Tounget, Craig (Texas PTA)
Against: Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
Price, Ann Abrams (Texas Employment Law Council)
HB 1309
On: Hard, Nancy Pechacek (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Sabo, Jason (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
HB 1592
For: Bates, J. Dan (Southwest Research Institute)
Davis, Dan (Houston Advanced Research Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Kowalski, Thomas (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience
Insitute)
Shields, Chris (Texas Economic Development Council)
HB 1761
For: Triplett, Jan (Business Success Center)
Against: Price, Ann Abrams (Texas Employment Law Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Kelly, Jack (Texas State Teachers Association)
Ramsey, Leslie Nicole (Self)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas Organization for
Women)
Romo, Joel (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Sabo, Jason (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Taunget, Craig (Texas PTA)
Against: Clark, Jeff (National Federation of Independent
Business)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce)
Pinkus, David (Small Business United of Texas)
HB 1931
For: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce)
Zachariah, Suzan (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Clark, Jeff (National Federation of Independent
Business)
Sickles, Linda (Trinity Ind. Inc.)
HB 1964
For: Messbarger, Dick (South Texas Spaceport Consortium)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Castaneda, Jr., Tris (City of Fort Stockton/Pecos
County)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce)
Welch, Fred (Gulf Coast Regional Spaceport Development
Corporation)
On: Looke, William F. (Texas Aerospace Commission)
HB 2074
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ramsey, Lesley Nicole (Self)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organiation
for Women)
Sabo, Jason (Center for Public Policy Priorities)