WITNESS LIST
State Affairs
March 19, 2009 - 01:00 PM or upon adjournment
SB  76
 
ON:
 
Pogue, Stacey  (also providing written testimony)  (Center for Public Policy Priorities),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Ahrens, Jennifer   (TALHI - TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers),  Austin, TX
 
Berger, Ed   (Seton Family of Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
Codina, Edward   Ph.D.  (Methodist Healthcare Ministries),  San Antonio, TX
 
Flores, Juan   (La Fe Policy Research and Education Center),  San Antonio, TX
 
Manross, Lee   (Texas Assn of Health Underwriters),  Austin, TX
 
Mason, James   (Texas Impact),  Austin, TX
 
Romero, Michelle   (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Wadge, Gyl   (Mental Health America of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Longley, Dianne   (Tx Dept of Insurance),  Austin, TX
SB  80
 
FOR:
 
Baker, Misty   (Tx Assoc of Health Underwriters),  Cedar Park, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Ahrens, Jennifer   (TALHI - TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers),  Austin, TX
 
Flores, Juan   (La Fe Policy Research and Education Center),  San Antonio, TX
 
Haught, Tanya   (Austin Association of Health Underwriters),  Cedar Park, TX
 
Manross, Lee   (Texas Association of Health Underwriters),  Austin, TX
 
Mason, James   (Texas Impact),  Austin, TX
 
Nagle, Maureen   (Austin Association of Health Underwriters),  Austin, TX
 
Parker, Becky   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Seibel, Ronald   (Self),  Driftwood, TX
 
Wolfe, Jared   (Tx Assoc of Health Plans),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Longley, Dianne   (Tx Dept of Insurance),  Austin, TX
SB  182
 
FOR:
 
Calix, Casey   (Self),  Cedar Park, TX
 
DeVillez, Lori   (Self),  Round Rock, TX
 
Friedewald, Vincent   M.D.  (Self),  Spicewood, TX
 
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn   (Texas Eagle Forum and Self),  Weatherford, TX
 
Graham, Elizabeth   (Texas Right to Life),  Houston, TX
 
Holze, Margaret  (also providing written testimony)  (Life Advocates),  Houston, TX
 
Nickols, Beverly   M.D.  (Self),  New Brawnfels, TX
 
Nunnelly, Patrick   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Roberts, Beverly  (also providing written testimony)  (Concerned Women for America, Coalition for Life)
 
Ross, Elizabeth   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Saenz, Jonathan  (also providing written testimony)  (Free Market Foundation),  Austin, TX
 
Scheffler, James   (Self),  Salado, TX
 
Weber, Randy   (Self),  Pearland, TX
 
Williams, Terry   (Self),  San Marcos, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Arias, Rhonda  (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Abortion Recovery Alliance),  Houston, TX
 
Burke, Terri  (also providing written testimony)  (ACLU of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Crowden, Bill   (Planned Parenthood of Waco),  Waco, TX
 
Felker Jones, Laurie   (Self)
 
Hull, Mike   (TX Assn Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Texas Medical Assn),  Austin, TX
 
Merritt, Terry  (also providing written testimony)  (Whole Woman's Health),  Austin, TX
 
Vitale, Katie  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Black, Adam   (Texas Right to Life),  Houston, TX
 
Casey, Stephen   (Self and family of wife and 5 kids),  Austin, TX
 
Cornish, Andrew   (Self),  Hallsville, TX
 
Cornish, Joy   (Self),  Hallsville, TX
 
Cornish, Kevin   (Self),  Hallsville, TX
 
Drenner, Julie   (Texas for Family Values PAC),  Austin, TX
 
Drogin, John   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Dulaney, Erin   (Self),  Longview, TX
 
Dulaney, Melanie   (Self),  Longview, TX
 
Froehlich, Danielle   (Self),  Cedar Park, TX
 
Giesler, Jim   (Self),  Anson, TX
 
Giester, Brenda   (Jones County),  Anson, TX
 
Grant, Rachell   (Self),  Hallsville, TX
 
Gregston, Jackie   (Self),  Hallsville, TX
 
Gregston, Jane   (Self),  Gladewater, TX
 
Gregston, Steve   (Self),  Hallsville, TX
 
Gregston, Tyler   (Self),  Hallsville, TX
 
Markham, Jo   (Agape Pregnancy Resource Center),  Lago Vista, TX
 
McWilliams, Madison   (Self),  Lubbock, TX
 
Pojman, Joe   Ph.D.  (Texas Alliance of Life, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Rivas, Andrew   (Texas Catholic Conference),  Austin, TX
 
Wiess, Daryk   (Self),  Hallsville, TX
 
Wilhite, Taylor   (Self),  Hallsville, TX
 
Williams, Shane   (Texas Right to Life),  Houston, TX
 
Against:
 
Barry, Shannon   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Betz, Michelle   (Self),  Sunset Valley, TX
 
Bojo, Lean   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Dealey, Mandy   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Edelman, Patti   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Gorbett, Laramie   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Kubes, Sydney   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Lemmon, Andreana   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Mabry, Allyson   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Marsh, Lindsay   (Self),  Kyle, TX
 
Matous, Janelle   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
McCown, Rachel   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Nathaniel, Auli'i   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Nichols, Simone   (Self)
 
Ramsey, Lesley   (Tx Assoc. Planned Parenthood Affiliates),  Austin, TX
 
Rhea, Paul   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Roberts, Susan   (Myself and Planned Parenthood),  Austin, TX
 
Simmons, Sandra   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Philip   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Soifer, Jan   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Swinnea, Carolyn   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Tamayo, Carole   (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Wallace, Charles   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Ellis, Randall   (Legacy Community Health Services),  Houston, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
Cleveland, Sara   (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Parken, Judith   (League of Women Voters of Austin),  Austin, TX
SB  482
 
FOR:
 
Arnold, Jim   (Jewish Federation of Greater Houston),  Austin, TX
 
Ruiz, Cookie   (Ballet Austin's Light the Holocaust and Humanity Project),  Austin, TX
 
Verveer, Chaja   (Child Survivors of the Holocaust),  Friendswood, TX
 
ON:
 
Myers, Susan   (Holocaust Museum Houston),  Pearland, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Capers, Cynthia   (Holocaust Museum Houston),  Houston, TX
 
Hasty, Brent   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Marwitz, David   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Soifer, Jan   (Anti-Defamation League and Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Community Association of Austin),  Austin, TX
 
Vane, Mark   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Toram, Lisa   (Jewish Federation of Greater Houston),  Houston, TX
SB  698
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Bolton, Pamela   (Texas Watch),  Austin, TX
 
Lugo, Noelita   (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Goodman, Bill   (Texas Department of Insurance),  Austin, TX
SB  747
 
FOR:
 
Miller, Dianne   (Self),  Richardson, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Sprinkle, G.K.   (Texas Ambulance Association),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Bailey, Charles   (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
SB  762
 
ON:
 
Wolfe, Jared   (Tx Assoc of Health Plans),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Berger, Ed   (Seton Family of Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
Codina, Edward   Ph.D.  (Methodist Healthcare Ministries),  San Antonio, TX
 
Cooper, Lanetta   (Texas Legal Services Center),  Austin, TX
 
Cubria, Melissa   (Texas Public Interest Research Group),  Austin, TX
 
Flores, Juan   (La Fe Policy Research and Education Center),  San Antonio, TX
 
Fredriksen, Amanda   (AARP),  Austin, TX
 
Kenderdine, Marshall   (Texas Academy of Family Physicians),  Austin, TX
 
Kitchen, Ann   (Integrated Care Collaboration),  Austin, TX
 
Marwitz, David   (Texas Dermatological Society),  Austin, TX
 
Mason, James   (Texas Impact),  Austin, TX
 
McClelen, Michelle   (Texas ACORN),  San Antonio, TX
 
Pogue, Stacey   (Center for Public Policy Priorities),  Austin, TX
 
Romero, Michelle   (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Longley, Dianne   (Tx Dept of Insurance),  Austin, TX
SB  828
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Nichols, Eric   (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  842
 
FOR:
 
Baldwin, Robert   (Christian Care Ministry),  Melbourne Beach, FL
 
AGAINST:
 
Davis, Will   (Texas Assn. Life and Health Insurers),  Austin, TX
 
Wolfe, Jared   (Tx. Assoc. of Health Plans),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Mason, James   (Texas Impact),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Danzeiser, Douglas   (Tex. Dept. of Insurance),  Austin, TX
SB  879
 
FOR:
 
Brinton, Tracy  (also providing written testimony)  (Ms Patient/ GRC Chair MS Society),  Keller, TX
 
Pogue, Stacey  (also providing written testimony)  (Center for Public Policy Priorities),  Austin, TX
 
Pollard, Cherilyn  (also providing written testimony)  (American Cancer Society),  Muenster, TX
 
Thompson, Jay  (also providing written testimony)  (TALHI),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Browning, Steve   (TX Health Ins. Rick Pool),  Austin, TX
 
Wolfe, Jared   (Tx. Assoc. of Health Plans),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Codina, Edward   Ph.D.  (Methodist Healthcare Ministries),  San Antonio, TX
 
Cooper, Lanetta   (Texas Legal Services Center),  Austin, TX
 
Cubria, Melissa   (Texas Public Interest Research Group),  Austin, TX
 
De La Garza, Veronica   (American Diabetes Association),  Austin, TX
 
Doyle, Kristen   (Leukemia and Lymphoma Society),  Austin, TX
 
Holmes, Harry   (HCHA - Harris County Healthcare Alliance),  Houston, TX
 
Kinderdine, Marshall   (Texas Academy of Family Physicians),  Austin, TX
 
Kitchen, Ann   (Tex Health Coalition and Integrated Care Collaboration),  Austin, TX
 
Manwitz, David   (Texas Dermatological Society),  Austin, TX
 
Mason, James   (Texas Impact),  Austin, TX
 
McClelen, Michelle   (Texas ACORN),  San Antonio, TX
 
Romero, Michelle   (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Medrano, Susanna   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Fredriksen, Amanda   (AARP),  Austin, TX
SB  927
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn   (Self; Texas Eagle Forum),  Weatherford, TX
 
Mason, James   (Texas Impact),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Hanshaw Winn, Elizabeth   (Secretary of State),  Austin, TX
 
Nichols, Eric   (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  972
 
FOR:
 
Freeman, Keenan   (Self),  Liberty Hill, TX
 
Ritz Johnson, Norma   (Lubbock Chamber of Commerce),  Lubbock, TX
 
Turner, Paul   (CU Health Group, MD Health Group),  Surgar Land, TX
 
ON:
 
Danzeiser, Douglas   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Wolfe, Jared   (Tx. Assoc of Health Plans),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Ahrens, Jennifer   (TALHI - TX Assoc. of Life and Health Insurers),  Austin, TX
 
Cubria, Melissa   (Texas Public Interest Research Group),  Austin, TX
 
Sanale, Kandice   (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
SB  1111
 
FOR:
 
Bragg, David   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Graves, Tim   (Texas Health Care Association),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Sulak, Timothy   (TTLA),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Durden, Veronda   (Texas Department of Aging and Disab. Services),  Austin, TX
SB  1119
 
FOR:
 
Gregg, Dicky  (also providing written testimony)  (Tex-Abota Lef),  Austin, TX
 
Roach, Nelson  (also providing written testimony)  (TTLA),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Christian, George  (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Civil Justice League),  Austin, TX
 
Hull, Mike   (Texas Alliance for Patient Access),  Austin, TX
 
Parsley, Lee   (Texans for Lawsuit Reform),  Austin, TX
 
Solomon, Paul   (State Farm),  Austin, TX
 
Trabulsi, Richard   Jr.  (Texans for Lawsuit Reform),  Houston, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Codina, Edward   Ph.D.  (Methodist Health Care Ministries),  San Antonio, TX
 
Against:
 
Bosse, Fred   (American Insurance Assoc.),  Austin, TX
 
DeWitt, Cathy   (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
 
Drogin, John   (Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse of Central TX),  Austin, TX
 
Fish, Paige   (ConocoPhillips),  Austin, TX
 
Fisher, Jon   (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Gilbert, Robert   (United Services Automobile Association (USAA)),  San Antonio, TX
 
Hazelwood, Steve   (Dow Chemical),  Austin, TX
 
Moss, Rebecca   (Texas Association of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
 
Rivero, Hector   (Texas Chemical Council),  Austin, TX
 
Thompson, Jay   (Assoc. of Fire and Casualty Companies of Texas (AFACT)),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Bolton, Pamela   (Texas Watch),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Walden, Bobby   (Texas Association of Defense Counsel (TADC)),  Austin, TX
SB  1134
 
FOR:
 
Edwards, Rosemary   (TX Rep. County Chairs Assn.),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
DeBeauvoir, Dana   (Legislative Cmte Co and District Clerks Assoc of TX),  Austin, TX
 
Privett, Anita   (League of Women Voters of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Hanshaw Winn, Elizabeth   (Texas Secretary of State),  Austin, TX