WITNESS LIST
Economic Development Committee
February  21, 2007 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  48
 
    For:
Baylor, Don (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Garza, Wanda (Texas Border Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Rath, Diane (Texas Workforce Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Johnson, Steven (Texas Association of Community Colleges)
 
 
 
 
HB  49 - Committee Substitute  (Deshotel)
 
Against:
Rich, Sid (Texas Risk Retention Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
 
 
Johnson, Jill (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL - CIO)
 
 
O'Connor, Caroline (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hahn, Christopher (Texas Employment Law Council)
 
 
Mayfield, Robert  (Self and NFIB - National Federation of Independent Business)
 
 
Romero, Jesse (Texas Licensed Child Care Assn.)
 
 
 
 
HB  49
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arabie, Joe (Texas AFL - CIO)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cloud, Dallas  (Self)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
 
 
HB  193
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Johnson, Jill (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
O'Connor, Caroline (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
 
 
HB  236
 
    For:
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL - CIO)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hahn, Christopher (Texas Employment Law Council)
 
 
Mayfield, Robert  (Self and NFIB - National Federation of Independent Business)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arabie, Joe (Texas AFL - CIO)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Johnson, Jill (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
O'Connor, Caroline (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Willis, D.L. Dally (Texas Political & Legislative Committee of Communications Workers of America)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cloud, Dallas  (Self)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Rich, Sid (Texas Risk Retention Association)
 
 
Romero, Jesse (Texas Licensed Child Care Assn.)
 
 
 
 
HB  262
 
    For:
Hill, Alana (ACORN (Associations of Communities on Reform Now))
 
 
Villanueva, Dora Melida (ACORN (Association of Communities on Reform Now))
 
 
Xiquin, Maria (SEIU - Service Employee International Union)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arabie, Joe (Texas AFL - CIO)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Johnson, Jill (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL CIO)
 
 
Medley, Lee (United Steelworkers District Council)
 
 
O'Connor, Caroline (Texas State Employees Union)
 
    For:
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Willis, D.L. "Dally" (Texas Political & Legislative Committee of Communications Workers of America)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cloud, Dallas  (Self)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Hahn, Christopher H. (Texas Employment Law Council)
 
 
Mayfield, Robert  (Self and NFIB - National Federation of Independent Business)
 
 
Rich, Sid (Texas Risk Retention Association)
 
 
Romero, Jesse (Texas Licensed Child Care Assn.)
 
 
 
 
HB  327
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arabie, Joe (Texas AFL - CIO)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Johnson, Jill (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL - CIO)
 
 
O'Connor, Caroline (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cloud, Dallas  (Self)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Hahn, Christopher (Texas Employment Law Council)
 
 
Mayfield, Robert  (Self and NFIB - National Federation of Independent Business)
 
 
Rich, Sid (Texas Risk Retention Association)
 
 
Romero, Jesse (Texas Licensed Child Care Assn.)
 
 
 
 
HB  451
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arabie, Joe (Texas AFL - CIO)
 
 
Baylor, Don (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Johnson, Jill (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL CIO)
 
 
Medley, Lee (United Steelworkers District Council)
 
 
O'Connor, Caroline (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Willis, D.L. Dally (Texas Political & Legislative Committee of Communications Workers of America)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cloud, Dallas  (Self)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Hahn, Christopher (Texas Employment Law Council)
 
 
Mayfield, Robert  (Self and NFIB - National Federation of Independent Business)
 
 
Rich, Sid (Texas Risk Retention Association)
 
 
Romero, Jesse (Texas Licensed Child Care Assn.)
 
 
 
 
HB  641
 
Against:
Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arabie, Joe (Texas AFL - CIO)
 
 
Baylor, Don (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Levy, Rick (Texas  AFL - CIO)
 
 
Medley, Lee (United Steelworkers District Council)
 
 
O'Connor, Caroline (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Willis, D.L. Dally (Texas Political & Legislative Committee of Communications Workers of America)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cloud, Dallas  (Self)
 
 
Mayfield, Robert  (Self and NFIB - National Federation of Independent Business)
 
 
Rich, Sid (Texas Risk Retention Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  936 - Committee Substitute  (Straus)
 
Against:
Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
    For:
Johnson, Jill (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL - CIO)
 
 
O'Connor, Caroline (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hahn, Christopher (Texas Employment Law Council)
 
 
Mayfield, Robert  (Self and NFIB - National Federation of Independent Business)
 
 
Rich, Sid (Texas Risk Retention Association)
 
 
Romero, Jesse (Texas Licensed Child Care Assn.)
 
 
 
 
HB  936
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arabie, Joe (Texas AFL - CIO)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cloud, Dallas  (Self)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)