WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
March 9, 2011 30 minutes After Final Adjournment/Recess
Against:
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Kolly, Faye (FosterQuan LLP)
Llanes, Daniel (Self)
Martinez, Jose Luis (Self)
Reyes, Esther (Self)
Vara, Felix (Self)
On:
Kuntz, William (Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation)
Majek, Mark (Texas Board of Nursing)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Forest, Rebecca (Self)
Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Golden, Michael (Texas Employment Law Council)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Reyna, Adrian (Texas Dream Alliance)
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
Simpson, Matthew (ACLU of Texas)
For:
King, Robert (AES, Acciona North America, Universal Geo Power & Good Company
Associates)
Perlman, Brett (Quanta Services, Recurrent Energy)
Reeves, Stephen (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Against:
Fainter JR, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc.)
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brod, Bill (AEC Corp)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
McClellan, Suzi (Texas Energy Storage Alliance)
Meehan, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
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For:
Phillips, Matt (The Nature Conservancy)
Pool, Leslie (Self)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Ross, Susan (TX Renewable Energy Industries Assoc (TREIA))
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen)
Against:
Christian, George (Texas Forest Industries Council)
Davis, Steve (Alliance for Retail Markets (ARM))
Jackson, Mabrie (North Texas Commission)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
Ross, Ned (Direct Energy; CPL Retail Energy; WTLL Retail Energy)
Sebree, Ben (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
Wisdom, Christina (Texas Chemical Council)
Against:
Alcocer, Rodrigo (Consulate General of Mexico in Austin)
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Forest, Rebecca (Self)
Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)
Against:
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Llanes, Daniel (Self)
Martinez, Jose Luis (Self)
Reyes, Esther (Self)
Reyna, Adrian (Texas Dream Alliance)
Simpson, Matthew (ACLU of Texas)
Vara, Felix (Self)
For:
Brown, Nicholas (Texas Rural Education Assoc.)
Ermoian, T.J. (Self; Southwest Region State Little Leagues)
Sherburne, Mike (AECT)
Tarleton, Bill (Texas Rural Educators Association)
On:
Benedict, Nathan (Office of Public Utility Counsel)
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Tietjen, Darryl (Public Utility Commission)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bruce, Mark (Distributed Wind Energy Association)
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
Reeves, Stephen (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Smolen, Paul (Texas Electricity Professional Association)
For:
Schwirtz, Mark (Golden Spread Electric Coop)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
For:
Dyer, Richard (Texas Coalition for Affordable Power)
Against:
Davis, Steve (Alliance for Retail Markets (ARM))
Fainter JR, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)
On:
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Against:
Ross, Ned (Direct Energy; CPL Retail Energy; WTU Retail Energy)
Webking, Catherine (Texas Energy Association for Marketers)
For:
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)
Against:
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Assn. of Tx)
Allred, Don (Oldham County and The County Judges And Commissioners Association of
Texas)
Bautista, Diana (Atascosa County)
Bradford, Mike (Urban Counties)
Brown, Chris (Hopkins County)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Elfant, Bruce (Texas Association of Counties Justices of the Peace and Constables Assoc of
TX)
Horton, Susan (Texas Municipal League)
Hunt, Lonnie (Houston County)
Wiggins, Mike (Guadalupe County)
Against:
Eaton, Holly (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barber, Keith (Nacogdoches County)
Boatwright, Jim (Hamilton County)
Brown, Tim (Bell County)
Burns, Kevin (Wise County Commissioners Court)
Cabrales, John (City of Denton)
Clark, Kenneth (Galveston County)
Cravey, Thomas (Camp County)
Dickey, Roger (Houston County)
Eccleston, Donna (Comal County)
Garza, Rudy (City of Corpus Christi)
Guevara, Thomas (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Haag, Scott (Comal County)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Assn.)
Huff, Jim (Live Oak County Commissioners Court)
Ingalsbe, Debbie (Self)
Jones, Max (Travis County)
Jones, Patti (County Judges & Commissioners Asso. of TX)
Klaeger, Donna (Burnet County)
Krisch, Dneal (Fort Bend County Judges Office)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lockwood, Lynne (McLennan County Judge)
Long, Cynthia (Self)
Mallard, Kenny (Brazos County Commissioners Court)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Moreno, Alma (Self)
Nardini, Fred (Self)
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
Patterson, Thomas (City of Fort Worth)
Pool, Leslie (Self)
Rudick, Dale (City of Sugar Land)
Ryder, Byron (Leon County)
Short, Jim (Ft Bend County)
Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
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For:
Smith, Jason (Harris County)
Stanley, Larry (Brazoria County)
Sturzl, Frank (City of Irving, TX)
Sturzl, Frank (City of North Richland Hills, TX)
Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington, TX)
Sturzl, Frank (City of Frisco, TX)
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)
Thompson, Tab (Self)
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Waterman, Steve (Self)
Werlain, Ann (Fort Bend County - Office County Judge)
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen)
Word, Cole (Bosque County)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Gomez, Margaret J. (Self)
Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
On:
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)
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