WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
April 8, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Against:
Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
FainterbJr, John W (The Association ofbUelectric Companies of Texas, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
On:
Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Nuckols, Beverly (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Patterson, Dr. Jeffery (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc)
Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life Committee)
Zientek, David (Self; Seton Healthcare Family, Texas Catholic Conference, Texas Hospital
Association)
Against:
DeOtte, Richard (Self)
Kebodeaux, Emily (Self; Texas right to life)
Schlafly, Andrew (Texas Right to Life on HB 2351 and HB 3130, and for Campaign for Texas
Families on HB 4105)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Woelfel, Michael (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allwein, Ruth (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Austin, Sara (Texas medical association)
Brown, Leah (Self; Texas alliance for life)
Duran, Christian (Self)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Groff, Erin (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Higgins, Carlos (Self; Texas Silver Haired Legislature)
McDaniels, Debra (Self)
Rodriguez, Jacqueline (Self; Texans for Life Committee)
Saenz, Gabriela (CHRISTUS Health)
Williams, Terry (Self)
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Against:
Carlson, Pat (Self)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
Graham, Elizabeth (Texas right to life)
Kafka, Bob (Self; Not Dead Yet of Texas)
LeBlanc, Lisa (Self)
Matocha, Dustin (Self)
Sullivan, Michael (Self)
Woelfel, Noah (Self)
On:
Hughes, Allison (Dept of state health services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Wood, Robert (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Anderson, Eugene (United Water)
Merriweather, Tim (Texas Infrastructure Council)
Moss, Rodney (Association for the Improvement of American infrastructure)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network TXWIN)
Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)
Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corporation)
White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)
On:
Halpin, Steven (Texas Facilities Commission)
Maass, Peter (Texas Facilities Commission)
For:
Joffrion, Kay (Self; City of Coleman)
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For:
Nease, Nelson (America's Natural Gas Alliance)
Against:
FainterbJr, John W (The Association ofbUelectric Companies of Texas, Inc.)
Hughes, Lindsey (Texas Competitive Power Advocates)
On:
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers and Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum Corp.)
Carter, Teddy (Devon Energy)
Macksood, Greg (Self)
Miller, Lindsey (Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)
Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Thompson, Matthew (Apache Corporation)
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
Against:
Davis, Stephen (Alliance for Retail Markets)
McCollough, Parker (NRG Energy, Inc.)
Power, David (Public Citizen)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Valdez, Jerry (Exelon Generation Co.)
On:
Garza, Beth (Potomac Economics and Public Utility Commission)
Lasher, Warren (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))
Whittington, Pam (Public Utility Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Cooper, Sam (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Nuckols, Beverly (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life Committee)
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Against:
Busby, Heather (Self; Trust Respect Access coalition and NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
DeFrates, Ana (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)
Schlafly, Andrew (Texas Right to Life on HB 2351 and HB 3130, and for Campaign for Texas
Families on HB 4105)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Stevenson, Amanda (Self; Texas Policy Evaluation Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allwein, Ruth (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Brown, Leah (Self; Texas alliance for life)
Duran, Christian (Self)
Groff, Erin (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
McDaniels, Debra (Self)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc)
Rodriguez, Jacqueline (Self; Texans for Life Committee)
Williams, Terry (Self; Texas for Life)
Against:
Andrews, Irene (Self)
Bennett, Amanda (Self)
Block, Delores (Self; League of Women Voters)
Caraway, Melanie (Self)
Carlson, Frank (Self)
Carlson, Pat (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
Graham, Elizabeth (Texas right to life)
Gullett, Alexandra (Self)
Hays, Susan (NARAL ProChoice Texas)
Lichtenheld, Zoey (Self)
Markow, Richard (Self)
Marques, Rebecca (ACLU of Texas)
Marques, Rebecca (ACLU of Texas)
Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)
Morton, Peggy (Self; 1st Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin & TX UU Justice Ministry)
Ross, Heather (Self)
Segura, Daniel (Self; GetEQUAL TX)
Smith, Chuck (Self)
Stanley, Drew (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Thomas, David (Self)
Williams, Amanda (Self)
Williams, Amanda (The Lilith Fund)
Yelverton, Brittany (Self)
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On:
Daniel, Katrina (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baum, Walt (Self)
Woomer, Eric (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sewell, Jim (Self; Gallagher construction services)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, Inc)
On:
Pigott, Ron (HHSC)
Wood, Robert (Comptroller)
For:
Nease, Nelson (America's Natural Gas Alliance)
Against:
FainterbJr, John W (The Association ofbUelectric Companies of Texas, Inc.)
Hughes, Lindsey (Texas Competitive Power Advocates)
On:
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers and Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum Corp.)
Carter, Teddy (Devon Energy)
Macksood, Greg (Self)
Miller, Lindsey (Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)
Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Thompson, Matthew (Apache Corporation)
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
Against:
Davis, Stephen (Alliance for Retail Markets)
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Against:
McCollough, Parker (NRG Energy, Inc.)
Power, David (Public Citizen)
Valdez, Jerry (Exelon Generation Co.)
On:
Garza, Beth (Potomac Economics and Public Utility Commission)
Lasher, Warren (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))
Whittington, Pam (Public Utility Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allwein, Ruth (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc)
Against:
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, Inc)
For:
FainterbJr, John W (The Association ofbUelectric Companies of Texas, Inc.)
Mccellon Allen, Venita (Southwestern Electric Power Company)
Smitherman, Barry (Southwestern Electric Power Company)
Williams, John (Southwestern Electric Power Company)
Against:
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen, Inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Davis, Mark (East Texas Electric Cooperatve, Inc.)
Gibbs, Gary (Self; AEP SWEPCO)
Hardcastle, Rick (Self; SWEPCO-AEP electric power company)
Herrera, Alfred (Cities Advocating Reasonable Deregulation)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)
Against:
Klumpyan, Julie (Valero)
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Tarlton, Patrick (Texas Chemical Council)
On:
Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission)
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For:
Downing, Matt (Self)
Flowers, Charles (Self; The Gathering of Pastors and Leaders of San Antonio, The San
Antonio Association of Pastors, San Antonio in Black, White and Brown)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
Goodson, Joe (Self)
Head, Vim (Self)
Hodge, Glenna (Self; Conservative Republicans of Texas)
Hotze, Steven (Self; Conservative Republicans of Texas)
Mitchell, Craig (Self)
Nuckols, Beverly (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Pickup, David (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values Action)
Schlafly, Andrew (Texas Right to Life on HB 2351 and HB 3130, and for Campaign for Texas
Families on HB 4105)
Washburn, Steve (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas)
Welch, David (Texas Pastor Council Action)
Against:
Andrews, Irene (Self)
Baker, Kerry (Self)
Cannon, Curtis (Self)
Carlson, Evelyn (Self; PFLAG Houston)
Edwards, Kirsten (Self)
Faircloth, Jeffry (Self; PFLAG Houston)
Hinshaw, Joan (Self)
Kiel, Teresa (Self; The County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Kiel, Teresa (Self; The County and District Clerks Association of Texas)
Verdery, David (Self)
Williams, Daniel (Equality Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Concerned women for america of texas)
Berry (Self)
Berry (Self; THSC)
Berry, Faith (Self)
Berry, Hope (Self; Texas Homeschool coalition)
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Carlson, Pat (Self)
Clark, Margaret (Self)
Colglazier (Self)
Collins, Debbie (Self)
Efurd, Debby (Self)
Flowers, Janice (Self; Faith Outreach Center, Intl)
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For:
Fry, Pat (Self)
Galloway, Carolyn (Self; Eagle forum)
Graham, James J. (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
Martin (Self)
Martin, Christine (Self)
Matocha, Dustin (Self)
Moore, Paula (Self)
Mueller, Joy (Self; Texas homeschool coalition)
Mutsch, Lorraine (Self)
Newman, Joshua (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Patterson, Jeffery (Texas Catholic Conference)
Reaka, Jackie (Self)
Rodriguez, Freddy (Self; CPAI)
Rodriguez, Susan (Self; CPAI)
Russell, Julia (Self; Texas Values)
Simpson, Susan (Self)
Singleton, James (Self)
Standley, Bart (Self; Conservative Republicans of Texas)
Story, Penny (Self; CPAI)
Sullivan, Michael (Self)
Vaughan, Aubrey (Self)
Wheeler, Christina (Texas Homeschool Coalition)
Williams Koeller (Self)
Williams Koeller (Self)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Against:
Booker, Denee (Self)
Busby, Heather (Self; Trust Respect Access coalition and NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Busby, Heather (Self)
Caraway, Gary (Self)
Caraway, Melanie (Self)
Carlson, Frank (Self)
DeFrates, Ana (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)
Des Rochers, Sean (Self)
Francis, Jimmie Sue (Self)
Francis, Rrichard M. (Self)
Ho, Mary (Self)
Humphrey, Lisa (Self; Anti-Defamation League)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kennedy, Angela (Self)
Leigh, Susan Parker (Self)
Ligon, Katharine (Self)
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Against:
Marques, Rebecca (ACLU of Texas)
Marques, Rebecca (ACLU of Texas)
Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)
Neal, Pamela (Self)
Niles, Kelly (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Pfiester, Nancy (Self)
Rivas, Steven (Self)
Roberts, Cary (County & District Clerks’ Association of Texas)
Ross, Heather (Self)
Segura, Daniel (Self; GetEqual TX)
Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)
Stanley, Drew (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Thomas, David (Self)
Turck, Glenda (Self)
Turck, Ron (Self)
Williams, Amanda (Self)
Yelverton, Brittany (Self)
On:
Farinelli, Victor (Department of state health services)
Zeigler, Gracie (Department of State Health Services)
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