WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
April 6, 2011 30 minutes after final adjournment/recess
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jordan, Walt (Oncor)
Reed, Cyrus (Lonestar chapter, Sierra club)
Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
For:
Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas ROSE (Ratepayers Organization to Save Energy))
Cooper, Lanetta (Tex. Legal Serv. Center)
Dyer, R A (Texas Coalition For Affordable Power)
Strub, Leonard (AARP)
Against:
Davis, Steve (Alliance for Retail Markets)
Fainter Jr, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)
Richie, Carl (TXU Energy)
Webking, Catherine (TEAM Texas Energy Association For Marketers)
On:
Brannan, Ryan (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Higgins, Carlos (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Power, David (Public Citizen)
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen Inc)
On:
Givens, Sheri (Office of Public Utility Counsel)
For:
Koebel, Andrew (Associated Builders & Controctors of Texas and Kunz Construction Co. Inc)
Nelson, Steve (Texas Building Branch - Associated General Contractors)
Vaughn, Tom (Vaughn Construction)
White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)
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For:
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders & Contractors of Texas)
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
Marwitz, David (Texas Surety Federation)
Sewell, Jim (Gallagher Construction)
Thoden, Phil (Austin Chapter AGC)
For:
Power, David (Public Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bingham Jr., Alfred (Valence Technology, Inc.)
Blevins, Chad (Public Citizen of Texas (org))
Fonken, Erin (Environmental Integrity Project)
Meehan, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Phillips, Matt (The Nature Conservancy of Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter)
Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Stevenson, Amanda (Xtreme Power, Inc.)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
HB 1421 - Committee Substitute (Cook)
For:
McClellan, Suzi (Texas Energy Storage Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
For:
Adams, Norman E. (TXSIP)
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund)
Against:
Carter, David (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (IRCOT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aguirre, Antolin (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Allen, George (Texas Apartment Association)
Button, Bill (Self)
Ernandez, Eduardo (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Escobedo, Jose Manuel (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
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For:
Fernandez, Andrea (Self)
Huemmer, Maria (Texas Catholic Conference - Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Rechtien, Jeremy (Self)
Reyes, Esther (Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition)
Shepperd, Heather (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Torres, Catarina (Self)
Vasquez, Patricia (Self)
Villarreal, Celeste (Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas (MABA-TX))
Against:
Forest, Rebecca (Self)
Martinez, Maria (Self)
Mueller, Barbara (Self)
Najvar, Michael (Self)
Najvar, Susan (Self)
For:
Leija, Ignacio (American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program)
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen Inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flores, Robert (American GI Forum - Nat'l Veterans Outreach Program)
McGinnis, Larry (The Boeing Company)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen Inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bicklein, Royce (Self)
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)
On:
Bow, Jonathan (State Office of Risk Management)
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On:
Darwin, Norman (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)
Klein, Barbara (State Office of Risk Management)
Lee, Amy (TX Dept of Insurance - Division of Workers Comp)
For:
Bicklein, Royce (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bow, Jonathan (State Office of Risk Management)
Klein, Barbara (State Office of Risk Management)
Lee, Amy (TX Dept of Insurance - Division of Workers' Comp)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bicklein, Royce (Self)
On:
Bow, Jonathan (State Office of Risk Management)
Darwin, Norman (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)
Klein, Barbara (State Office of Risk Management)
Lee, Amy (TX Dept of Insurance - Div of Workers Compensation)
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Martin, Edward (Self)
Against:
Reagan, David (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
On:
Bordelon, Roderick (TX Dept. of Insurance - Division of Workers' Compensation)
Lee, Amy (TX Dept of Insurance - Div of Workers Comp)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Vining, Amanda (Texans Care for Children)
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On:
Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blakley, Jack (Entergy Texas, Inc.)
Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Fainter Jr, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Power, David (Public Citizen)
On:
Anderson, Ken (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blevins, Chad (Public Citizen of Texas (org))
Fainter Jr, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)
Phillips, Matt (The Nature Conservancy of Texas)
Power, David (Public Citizen)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Sakya, Ruth (Xcel Energy)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Withrow, Damon (Xcel Energy)
For:
Gray, Weldon R (Eastex Telephone Cooperative and Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative,
Inc (TSTCI))
On:
Whittington, Pam (PUC TX)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Cruz, Velma (Sprint)
Hicks, Sheri (Texaltel)
Ince, Kristie (tw telecom of Texas)
On:
Bicklein, Royce (Self)
Bogel, Marianne (Self)
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beachley, Pamela (Texas Cotton Ginners' Trust)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Medical Association)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of TX)
Saxon, Lucinda (Texas Independent Reviewers Alliance)
On:
Bordelon, Roderick (TX Dept. of Insurance - Division of Workers' Compensation)
Kennedy, Kelly (Sunset Advisory Commission)
Lee, Amy (TX Dept Insurance - Div of Workers' Comp)
For:
Acker, Jennifer (The Parenting Center)
Bowles, Cosette (Tx. Coalition for Healthy Families)
Hull, Kevin (Kevin Hull Ministries)
Macinnis, Joseph (High Plains Coalition for marriage & family; TWogether in Texas; Region
1 & 7; Texas Coalition Healthy Families)
Russell, Maggie (Texas Coalition for Healthy Families)
Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)
Valdez, Lupe (South Texas Family Connections)
Against:
Graf, James (Self)
McDowell, Susan (Self)
Tod, Theresa (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Burstain, Jane (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Kaiser, Christopher (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)
Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers / Texas Chapter)
Vining, Amanda (Texans Care for Children)
On:
Johnson, Jeff (Resource Witness for Health & Human Services Commission)
Teutsch, Norton (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Whiteside, David (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Beck, Carolyn (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission)
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For:
Kapsis, Jim (OPOWER)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blevins, Chad (Public Citizen of Texas (org))
Fainter Jr, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)
Fonken, Erin (Environmental Integrity Project)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Meehan, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
Phillips, Matt (The Nature Conservancy of Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter)
Richie, Carl (TXU Energy)
Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Tarlton, Patrick (American Electric Power (AEP))
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Against:
Fainter Jr, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
Against:
Carr, Snapper (Denton Municipal Electric)
Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)
For:
Cline, Carolyn (Downtown Pregnancy Center)
Davis, Lynne (Self)
Saucier, Regina (Raffa Clinic)
Ward, Chris (Self)
Williams, Nakita (Eastland County Open Door)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Button, Bill (Self)
Cline-Coke, Bailey (Self)
Fernandez, Andrea (Self)
Garnett, Karen (Self; Catholic pro-Life Committee, Respect Life Ministry of the Diocese of
Dallas)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
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For:
Graham, Elizabeth (Texas Right to Life)
Horne, Emily (Texas Right to Life)
Huemmer, Maria (Texas Catholic Conference - Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
Kebodeaux, Emily (TX Right to Life)
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Martone, Barbara (Self)
Martone, John (Self)
McCoy, Marie (Self)
Merasati, Reina (Self)
Rechtien, Jeremy (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)
Shepperd, Heather (Self)
Torres, Catarina (Self)
Vasquez, Patricia (Self)
Visosky, Rebecca (Self)
Wright, Kyleen (Texans for Life)
Against:
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Smith, Jamie (NARAL Pro Choice Texas)
Voellinger, Kailey (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
For:
Adams, Norman E. (Self; Texans for Sensible Immigration Policy)
Aguilar, Alfonso (Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles (Former Chief, U.S. Office of
Citizenship in the administration of G.W. Bush)
Against:
Carter, David (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (IRCOT))
Espinoza, Maria (Stolen Lives Quilt)
Farrell, Christopher (Judicial Watch)
Graf, James (Self)
Kamau-Imani, Claver (Self; RagingElephants.org)
Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)
Najvar, Michael (Self)
Prunty, Preston (Self)
Scott, TJ (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
Thomas, Janet (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bellsnyder, Suzanne (Hispanic Alliance for Prosperity Institute)
Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
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For:
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Reid, Charles (Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles)
Smith, Hank (Home Builders Association of Greater Austin)
Against:
Aguirre, Antolin (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Bentley, Geri (Self)
Button, Bill (Self)
Delgado, Rachel (Galveston County Tea Party)
Ernandez, Eduardo (Reform Immigrantion for Texas Alliance)
Escobedo, Jose Manuel (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Fernandez, Andrea (Self)
Forest, Rebecca (Self)
Fox, Jack (Self)
Fox, Judith Z (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Granados, Lori (Self)
Hebert, Dede (Self)
Huemmer, Maria (Texas Catholic Conference - Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers / Texas Chapter)
Moore, Bill (Sugar Land Tea Party Organizing for Liberty)
Mueller, Barbara (Self)
Najvar, Susan (Self)
Rechtien, Jeremy (Self)
Reyes, Esther (Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition)
Shepperd, Heather (Self)
Torres, Catarina (Self)
Vasquez, Patricia (Self)
Visosky, Rebecca (Self)
Wright, Dean (New Revolution Now Institute)
On:
Rodriguez, Rudolph (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Terry, Michael (TX DPS)
For:
Baker, Ken (Walmart Stores & Sam's Club)
Embry, Zachary (Ontility, LLC)
Gilliam, Rick (Solar Alliance & Sun Edison)
Hudson, Jim (Self; Texas Solar Energy Society; Attic Breeze)
Mathis, Brandon (Solar Community LLC)
Meehan, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
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For:
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Murchie, Colin (Solar City Corporation & Solar Alliance)
Van Dell, Ron (Solar Bridge Technology)
Vavrik, Steven (SunPower Corp.)
Wiese, Steve (Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association)
Against:
Brannan, Ryan (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Ross, Ned (Direct Energy)
On:
Brannen, James (Southwest Wind Power)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blevins, Chad (Public Citizen of Texas (org))
Borskey, Mark (General Electric Co.)
Bridges, Russell (3M)
Brown, Sabrina (Dow Chemical)
Bulla, Dale (Self)
Bulla, Pat (Self)
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America (TechAmerica))
Fonken, Erin (Environmental Integrity Project)
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Gregg, Michael (Nextera Energy Resources)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Hughes, Chris (Solar Alliance)
Jewell, Michael (ECD / United Solar Ovonic and Joe Pasetti)
Massingill, Gavin (SunPower Corporation)
Mayberry, Warren (Dupont Inc.)
Olson, Anne (Christian Life Commission, Baptist General Convention of Texas)
Phillips, Matt (The Nature Conservancy of Texas)
Power, David (Public Citizen)
Reed, Cyrus (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter)
Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the Environment)
Taylor, Steve (Self)
Townsend, Trent (First Solar)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Against:
Davis, Steve (Alliance for Retail Markets)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)
Webking, Catherine (TEAM (Texas Energy Association for Marketers))
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Sneed, John (State Preservation Board)
For:
Graf, James (Self)
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)
McCloskey, Michael (Self)
Najvar, Michael (Self)
Against:
Adams, Norman E. (Self; Texans for Sensible Immigration Policy)
On:
Carter, David (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (IRCOT))
Lashus, Kevin (Texas Employers for Immigration Reform (TIER))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bentley, Geri (Self)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Delgado, Rachel (Galveston County Tea Party)
Emanuelson, Ken (Self)
Forest, Rebecca (Self)
Fox, Jack (Self)
Fox, Judith Z (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Hebert, Dede (Self)
Kamau-Imani, Claver (Self; RagingElephants.org)
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Mueller, Barbara S (Self)
Najvar, Susan (Self)
Wright, Dean (New Revolution Now Institute)
Against:
Aguirre, Antolin (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Ernandez, Eduardo (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Escobedo, Jose Manuel (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Figuera, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Reyes, Esther (Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
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Against:
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen Inc)
On:
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Webking, Catherine (TEAM Texas Energy Association for Marketers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grant, Kathy (Texas Electricity Professionals Association (TEPA))
On:
Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
For:
Espinoza, Maria (Stolen Lives Quilt)
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
Mueller, Barbara (Self)
Najvar, Michael (Self)
Najvar, Susan (Self)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Against:
Aguirre, Antolin (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Casso, Amy (Lafe Policy Research & Educ Ctr.)
Ernandez, Eduardo (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Escobedo, Jose Manuel (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Reyes, Esther (Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition)
For:
Wilson, Andy (Public Citizen Inc)
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Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Cary, Katherine (Office of Attorney General)
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