WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
April 29, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Steusloff, Ian (Texas Ethics Commission (as resource witness))
For:
Openshaw, Michael (Self; North Texas Tea Party)
Against:
Gallardo, Maxie (Workers Defense Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
Against:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Cavasos, Leroy (SAHCC)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State Employees Union)
Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)
Marques, Rebecca (Aclu of Texas)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
On:
Cutrone, Susanna (Texas Workforce Commission)
Against:
Gifford, Fatimah (Self; Whole Woman's Health)
Sheible, Lenzi (Self; Fund Texas Choice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Concerned women for america of texas)
Drenner, Julie (Texas Values Action)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned women for america of texas)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
Horne, Emily (Self; Texas Right To Life)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Roberts, Beverly (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
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For:
Williams, Terry (Self)
Against:
Bodin Gorgoroso, Alicia (Self)
Busby, Heather (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of women Voters of Texas)
DeFrates, Ana (Self; National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)
Dolese, Martha (Self)
Edwards, Colin (Self)
Felker Jones, Laurie (Self)
Gerbracht, Heidi (Self)
Hays, Susan (NARAL ProChoice Texas)
Lavelle, Tanya (Self)
LeBlanc, Lisa (Self)
Lichtenheld, Zoey (Self)
Long, Amelia (Self; NARAL ProChoice Texas)
Marques, Rebecca (Aclu of Texas)
Pintchovski, Susan (Self; National council of Jewish Women -Austin section)
Rotz, Jessica (Self)
San Luis, Natalie (Self)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Stanley, Drew (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Williams, Amanda (Self; The Lilith Fund)
Yelverton, Brittany (Self)
On:
Baskin, Lyudmila (Texas Department of State Health Services)
For:
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Baum, Walt (AECT)
Hughes, Lindsey (Texas Competitive Power Advocates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lawson, Richard (Chevron)
Ruckel, Mari (Texas oil and gas association)
Sellers, Tom (ConocoPhillips)
Simpson, Stephanie (TX assn of manufacturers)
Against:
Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
McCollough, Parker (NRG Energy, Inc.)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Zachary, Mance (Luminant)
On:
Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
For:
Ellington, Nona (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
Graham, Elizabeth (Texas right to life)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned women for america of texas)
Horne, Emily (Self; Texas Right To Life)
Mckinley, Toni (Self)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Simmons, Debbie (Self; Anchor point)
Against:
Gifford, Fatimah (Self; Whole Woman's Health)
Sheible, Lenzi (Self; Fund Texas Choice)
On:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Concerned women for america of texas)
Cardin, Merrie (Self)
Drenner, Julie (Texas Values Action)
Guggenmos, Greg (Self)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
Howsley, Stephen (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Lavender, Annette (Self)
Newman, Joshua (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Openshaw, Michael (Self; North Texas Tea party)
Parke, Ryan (Self)
Roberts, Beverly (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Sommers, Isaac (Self)
Against:
Bodin Gorgoroso, Alicia (Self)
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Against:
Busby, Heather (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of women Voters of Texas)
DeFrates, Ana (Self; National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)
Dolese, Martha (Self)
Edwards, Colin (Self)
Felker Jones, Laurie (Self)
Gerbracht, Heidi (Self)
Hays, Susan (NARAL ProChoice Texas)
Lavelle, Tanya (Self)
LeBlanc, Lisa (Self)
Lichtenheld, Zoey (Self)
Long, Amelia (Self; NARAL ProChoice Texas)
Luthy, Laura (Self)
Marques, Rebecca (Aclu of Texas)
Pintchovski, Susan (Self; National council of Jewish Women -Austin section)
Rotz, Jessica (Self)
San Luis, Natalie (Self)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Stanley, Drew (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Williams, Amanda (Self; The Lilith Fund)
Yelverton, Brittany (Self)
On:
Harper, Amy (TX Dept. of State Health Services (DSHS) - Division for Regulatory Services,
Health Care Quality Section.)
Stagg, Julie (Department Of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DeFrates, Ana (Self; National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)
Williams, Amanda (Self; The Lilith Fund)
Williams, Daniel (Equality Texas)
On:
Howarth-Moore, Adrienne (UT Austin)
Loeffler, Chris (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)
For:
Busby, Heather (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice)
Felker Jones, Laurie (Self)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State Employees Union)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bodin Gorgoroso, Alicia (Self)
Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)
DeFrates, Ana (Self; National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)
Dolese, Martha (Self)
Edwards, Colin (Self)
Gerbracht, Heidi (Self)
Hamill, Joe (AFSCME Texas Correctional Officers)
LeBlanc, Lisa (Self)
Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)
Lichtenheld, Zoey (Self)
Pintchovski, Susan (Self; National Council of Jewish Women Austin Section)
Rotz, Jessica (Self)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Stanley, Drew (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Williams, Amanda (Self; The Lilith Fund)
Yelverton, Brittany (Self)
On:
Schneider, Sharon (State Auditor's Office)
Young, John (State Auditor's Office)
Against:
Hiner, Harrison (Texas State Employees Union)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Darr, Shyra (Texas Facilities Commission)
Molina, Kay (Texas Facilities Commission)
For:
Mackey, James (Self)
Roughneen, Patrick (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
Reynolds, David (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Against:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
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