WITNESS LIST
State Affairs
March 23, 2009 - 10:00 AM
SB  78
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Apodaca, Michelle   (Tx Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
Fredriksen, Amanda   (AARP),  Austin, TX
 
Mason, James   (Texas Impact),  Austin, TX
 
Pogue, Stacey   (Center for Public Policy Priorities),  Austin, TX
 
Romero, Michelle   (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Wolfe, Jared   (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Longley, Dianne   (TX Dept. of Insurance),  Austin, TX
SB  79
 
ON:
 
Longley, Dianne   (Texas Department of Insurance),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Apodaca, Michelle   (Tx Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
Manross, Lee   (Texas Association of Health Underwriters),  Austin, TX
SB  779
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Danzeiser, Douglas   (Tex Dept or Insurance)
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Lesieur, Robert   (Self),  Austin, TX
SB  888
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Hadley, Bryan   (Legislative Budget Board),  Austin, TX
 
Holder, Paul   (Texas State Board of Pharmacy),  Round Rock, TX
 
Homer, Andy   (Texas Public Employee Association)
 
Huddleston, Cheri   (Texas Pharmacy Business Council),  Austin, TX
SB  957
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Apodaca, Michelle   (Tx Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
Cutrer, Jennifer   Ph.D.  (Parkland Health and Hospital System),  Dallas, TX
 
Kitchen, Ann   (Integrated Care Collaboration and Tex Health Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
Wallace, Larry   (Travis County Healthcare District),  Austin, TX
 
Yanas, Christine   (Teaching Hospitals of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Wilson, Stacy   (Travis County Healthcare District),  Austin, TX
SB  964
 
FOR:
 
Manross, Lee   (Texas Association of Health Underwriters),  Austin, TX
 
Morstad, Tim   (AARP),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Cary, Kathy   (General Counsel of Office of Attorney General),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Apodaca, Michelle   (Tx Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
Kolodley, Patrica   (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Loftis, Lee   (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Ray, Matt   (Texas Department of Ins.),  Austin, TX
SB  1081
 
ON:
 
Cary, Katherine "Missy"   (General Council at Office of Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  1123
 
FOR:
 
Blevins, Jr., Bryan   (TTLA & Mesothelioma Victims),  Beaumont, TX
 
Jacobelli Silbert, Mary   (Self),  Spring, TX
 
Levy, Rick   (TX AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Andrews, Kay   (TCJL/TLR),  Austin, TX
 
Faulk, Richard   (TLR, TCJL),  Houston, TX
 
Parsley, Lee   (Texans for Lawsuit Reform),  Austin, TX
 
Ratliff, Shannon   (Texas Civil Justice League),  Austin, TX
 
Spencer, John   (TLR/TCJL),  Columbia, MD
 
Weir, Francis W.   Ph.D.  (TLR/TCJL),  Houston, TX
 
ON:
 
Davidson, Mark   (Self),  Houston, TX
 
Dodson, Ronald F.   Ph.D. (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Tyler, TX

 
Friedman, Gary K.   M.D. (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
Hays, Steve M.  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Nashville, TN
 
Underwood, James M.   (Self),  Lorena, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Arabie, Joe   (Texas AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
 
Cunningham, Michael   (Texas Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
 
English, Connie   (United Transportation Union),  Austin, TX
 
Higgins, Mike   (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters),  Austin, TX
 
Quizni, Patty   (Texas American Federation of Teachers),  Austin, TX
 
Villarreal, Johnny   (Houston Fire Fighters Local 341),  Houston, TX
 
Against:
 
Alexander, Lee Ann   (Liberty Mutual Group),  Austin, TX
 
Allday, Marty   (Enbridge Energy),  Houston, TX
 
Anderson, Lisa   (Shell),  Austin, TX
 
Atwell, Stuart   (Ethyl Corporation and The Okonite Company),  Dallas, TX
 
Bellsnyder, Luke   (Tx Assc. of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
 
Bosse, Fred   (American Insurance Association),  Austin, TX
 
Brown, Melissa   (Georgia-Pacific),  Washington, DC
 
Brown, Sabrina   (Dow Chemical),  Austin, TX
 
DeWitt, Cathy   (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
 
Ege, Christopher   (TLR),  Houston, TX
 
Fatheree, Jason   (Beazer East Inc. Thiem Corporation, Scapa Dryer Felts, Inc., United Conveyor Corporation, and Corpus Christi Gasket and Fastener, Ltd.),  Dallas, TX
 
Fish, Paige   (Conoco Phillips),  Austin, TX
 
Fisher, Jon   (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Fretz, Bob   (Fretz Construction Co.),  Houston, TX
 
Gray, John   (TCLJ/TLR),  Houston, TX
 
Horne, Nathan   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Kearns, Dennis   (BNSF Railway),  Austin, TX
 
Kerlin, Paul   (The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.),  Houston, TX
 
Klumpyan, Julie   (Valero Energy Corporation),  San Antonio, TX
 
Kneeland, Angela   (Total Petrochemical),  Beaumont, TX
 
Kyle, Glenuce   (Exxon Mobil),  The Woodlands, TX
 
Mayberry, Warren   (Dupont),  Austin, TX
 
McCauley, Cindy   (Lyondell Basell Industries),  Houston, TX
 
Moore, Julie   (Occidental Petroleum),  Austin, TX
 
Omey, Samantha   (Honeywell),  Austin, TX
 
Oswald, Bill   (Koch Companies),  Austin, TX
 
Perry, Steve   (Chevron USA),  Austin, TX
 
Phifer, Elizabeth   (Phifer and Colvin, LLP),  Dallas, TX
 
Pickle, G. Edward   (Shell Oil Co.),  Humble, TX
 
Rivero, Hector   (Texas Chemical Council),  Austin, TX
 
Roach, Crystal   (Ericsson, Inc. and Elliott Company),  Dallas, TX
 
Sander, Lindsay   (Kinder Morgan),  Houston, TX
 
Shulling, Mark   (Automotive Parts and Services Association),  Austin, TX
 
Sutterfield, Lauren   (Texas Oil and Gas Association),  Austin, TX
 
Van Arsdale, Corbin   (AGC - Texas Building Branch),  Austin, TX
 
Ware, James   (Self),  Houston, TX

 
Woods, Joe   (Property Casualty Insurers Assn of America),  Austin, TX
SB  1142
 
FOR:
 
Pardue, Craig   (Dallas County),  Dallas, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Luna Ashley, Natalia   (Texas Ethics Commission),  Austin, TX
SB  1143
 
FOR:
 
Kennedy, Mark   (Self),  Houston, TX
 
McLaughlin, Dennis   (Self),  Houston, TX
 
ON:
 
Danzeiser, Douglas   (Tex Dept of Insurance),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Apodaca, Michelle   (Tx Hospital Association),  Austin, TX