WITNESS LIST
State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select Committee
April 13, 2017 - 8:00 AM
For:
Colbert, Tamara (Self; Convention of States Texas, co-director for the state)
Colbert, Tamara (Self)
Eastland, Bill (Self)
Green, Rick (Self)
Green, Rick (Self)
Hodson, Paul (Self)
Hodson, Paul (Self)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Robertson, Tony (Self)
Saturn, Daniel (Self)
Against:
Badnarik, Michael (Self)
Blystone, Chris (Self; Citizen Soldiers of Texas)
Brown, Rayford (Self)
Carlson, Pat (Self)
Carter, David (Self)
Harless, Barbara (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Hyde, Kurt (Self; Denton County Republican Assembly)
Jordan, Ana (Self)
Openshaw, Michael (Self)
Prior, Andy (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Self)
True, Nancy (Self; Texas Liberty Committee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aberra, Maria (Self)
Adams, Charles (Self)
Allen, Ray (Self; PublicData.com)
Arnold, Joseph (Self)
Arvello, Alan (Self; Convention Of States - HD 86, 87)
Bailey, William (Self; Cos texas)
Bedford, Arthur (Self)
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self; Convention of states)
Brant, Esther (Convention of state)
Brant, John (Convention of States)
Brown, David (Self; Convention of States)
Burlington, Kimberly (Self)
Cassidy, Michael (Self)
Chapman-Wydrinski, Ana (Self; RNC, Convention of States)
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For:
Chi, Maxwell (Self)
Coffey, Robert (Self; Convention of States)
Correll, Sharon (Convention of States)
Coulson, Sylvia (Self; Convention Of States)
Davis, Michelle (Self; Convention of States)
Dawes, George (Self; Conventio of States)
Deffendall, Michael (Self)
DeSoto, Dean S (Self)
Dettmann, James (Jim) (Self; Convention of States)
Dowdy, Thomas (Self)
Dunklau, Brent (Self; Convention of States)
Durazo, Guillermo (Self)
Duvall, Stephenn (Self; Convention of states)
Elliott, Cal (Self; Convention Of States)
Elliott, Jan (Self; Convention of States)
Ely, William (Self; Convention of States)
Fitzgerald, Jan (Self; Convention of States)
Fitzgerald, Keith (Self; Convention of States)
Freeland, Marian (Self; Convention of States)
Geerlings, Barbara (Self; Convention of States Project)
Geerlings, Pj (Self; Convention of states)
Gessner, Jackie (Self)
Gimben, Nick (Self)
Goff, Gary (Self; Convention of States)
Gossard, Nathan (Self)
Green, Robert L. (Self)
Gutzky, Roland (Self)
Hammers, Sammi (Self; Convention of states)
Harry, Martin (Self)
Hendricks, Michael (Self)
Henery, Neda (COS)
Henry, Thomas (Convention of States)
Heubaum, Karl (Self; Convention of States Project)
Hodson, Michelle (Self)
Holt, Blaine (Self)
Holton, Greg (Self)
Howard, Audrey (Self; Convention of states)
Howard, George S (Self)
Jackson, Kirsten (Self; Convention of States Project)
Jahn, Kathy (Self)
Jahn, William (Self)
Johnson, Rodney (Self)
Jones, Mary (Self; Convention of states)
Kirkland, Mandy (Self)
Koebele, Steve (Self)
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For:
Kriewaldt-Roth, Melanie (Self)
Krueger, Edna (Self; Convention of States Project)
Lapsley, Saundra (Self; Convention of States)
Lee, Cassandra (Self)
Lennon, James (Self; Coalition for Public Responsibility PAC)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Lewis, Christopher (Self; Convention of States Project)
Lowrance, Joshua (Self)
Luevano, Cassandra (Self)
Martin, Joanne (Self)
Maslanka, Michael (Self)
McDaniel, Robbie (Self; Convention of States)
Mcphee, Peter (Self; Convention of States)
McShane, Timothy (Self)
Melberg, Bruce (Self; Convention of States)
Miller, Natalie (Convention of States)
Mueller, Steve (Self)
Osteen, James (Self; Convention of States)
Peery, Robert (Self; Convention of states)
Peters, Barbara (Self; Convention of States Project)
Pool, Wendell (Self; Convention of States)
Raidy-Henry, Catherine (Self)
Rapp, Corey (Self; Cos)
Richardson, Jim (Self; Convention of States - Texas)
Richter, Douglas (Self; Convention of States Project)
Rockett, Christopher (Self)
Ruble, Dan (Self)
Simpson, Rossie (Self)
Simpson, Terrie (Self)
Sipiora, Jim (Self; Convention of states)
Smith, Stephen (Convention of states)
Sullivan, Michael (Self; Empower Texans)
Tangeman, Allison (Self)
Thoreson, Bill (Self; COS)
Trigg, Paula (Self; Convention of States)
Trigg Jr, Thomas Keaton (Self; Convention of States-Texas)
Vandewerken, Annette (Self)
Wahrmund, Laraine (Self; Convention of States)
Whisenhunt, Wes (Self)
Young, James (Self; Convention of States)
Against:
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Carpenter, Suzanne (Self; Texas Liberty Committee)
CHIMENE, GRACE (Self; League of women voters of texas)
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Against:
CHIMENE, GRACE (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cook, Kelli (Self; Texas Campaign for Liberty)
Geisman, Cindy (Self)
Marrs, Annie (Self)
Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)
For:
Badnarik, Michael (Self)
Baxa, Jim (Self; West Texans For Life)
Blystone, Chris (Self; Citizen Soldiers of Texas)
Bright, Joe H. (Self)
Brown, Rayford (Self)
Carter, David (Self)
Dupuy, Trevor (Self)
Eastland, Bill (Self)
Glass, Kathie (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Consitutional Enforcement)
Harless, Barbara (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Hyde, Kurt (Self)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Prior, Andy (Self)
Saturn, Daniel (Self)
Saturn, Daniel (Self)
Trimm, James (Self)
Trojacek, Shohn (Self)
True, Nancy (Self; Texas Liberty Committee)
Tyson, Marvin (Self)
Against:
Puente, Jaime (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bokros, Kathleen (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Carlson, Pat (Self)
Carpenter, Suzanne (Self; Texas Liberty Committee)
Cook, Kelli (Self; Texas Campaign for Liberty)
Davis, Tricia (Self)
Galloway, Carolyn (Self; Eagle. Forum)
Gessner, Jackie (Self)
Lennon, James (Self; Coalition for Public Responsibility PAC)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
May, Vincent (Self)
Openshaw, Michael (Self)
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For:
On:
Simps, Ryan (Libertarian Party of Texas)
For:
Sandlin, Bennett (Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Julie (The City of Dallas)
Baum, Walt (Texas Public Power Association)
Courreges, Erin (City of San Antonio)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Green, David (City of Austin)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone ahumohries Robinson LLP)
Lauderback, Bill (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Mitchell, Jamie (Austin Energy/City of Austin)
Nathan, Robert (CPS Energy)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Ramirez, Rick (City of sugarland)
Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
For:
Hardwick, Steve (Self; MissionWEST)
Ingram, Megan (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Tintera, John (Texas Alliancw Energy Producers. Panhandle producers an royalyTo owners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Ray (Self; PublicData.com)
Barillas, Marty (Chevron)
Carmichael, Katherine (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas royalty council)
Esparza, Servando (Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy)
Green, Robert L. (Self)
Harmon, Mark (Chesapeake Energy)
Lennon, James (Self; Coalition for Public Responsibility PAC)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Sellers, Tom (Conocophillips)
Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Tredway, CJ (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
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For:
Trimm, James (Self)
Against:
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Callahan, Christy (Self)
Gidseg, Joey (Self)
Onyisi, Peter (Self)
For:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Harrison, Todd (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Lee, Timothy (Texas retired teachers association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Ingersoll, Deborah (Texas State Troopers Assn.)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
For:
Aberra, Maria (Self)
Aberra Castro, Maria-Jose (Self)
Adams, Charles (Self)
Adams, Charles (Self)
Adams, Charles "Chuck" (Self; Convention of States, Cynthia T. Adams)
Arnold, Joseph (Self; Convention of States project)
Arnold, Joseph (Self)
Arvello, Alan (Self; Convention Of States - HD 86, 87)
Bedford, Arthur (Self; Convention of States project)
Blackmon, Jonah (Self; COS Project)
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self; Convention of states)
Burlington, Kimberly (Self; Convention of States)
Cassidy, Michael (Self)
Cassidy, Michael (Self; Convention of States Project)
Chapman-Wydrinski, Ana (Self; Repulican National Committee, Convention of States)
Colbert, Tamara (Self; Convention of States Texas, co-director for the state)
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For:
Correll, Sharon (Convention of States)
Coulson, Sylvia (Self; Convention Of States)
Davis, Michelle (Self)
Dowdy, Thomas (Self; Convention of States)
Duncan, Johnny (Self; Convention of States Project)
Dunklau, Brent (Self; Convention of States)
Duvall, Stephenn (Self; Convention of states)
Eastland, Bill (Self)
Elliott, Cal (Self; Convention Of States)
Ely, William (Self; Convention of States)
Goff, Gary (Self; Convention of States)
Goodrich, Bruce (Self)
Gossard, Nathan (Self)
Green, Robert L. (Self)
Hammers, Sammi (Self; COS)
Harry, Martin (Self; Texas convention of states project)
Henery, Neda (COS)
Henery, Neda (Self)
Hodson, Paul (Self; Convention of States)
Holt, Blaine (Self)
Holt, Blaine (Self; Convention of States)
Holton, Greg (Self)
Johnson, Richard (Self)
Johnson, Rodney (Self)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Kriewaldt-Roth, Melanie (Self)
Kriewaldt-Roth, Melanie (Self; COnvention of States)
Krueger, Edna (Self; Convention of States Project)
Lapaglia, John (Self)
Lapsley, Saundra (Self; Convention of States)
Lee, Cassandra (Self)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Lewis, Christopher (Self; Convention of States Project)
McShane, Timothy (Self)
McShane, Timothy (Self; Myself and 300+ Convention of States supporters in TX HD 112.)
Miller, Natalie (Self; Convention of States)
Mueller, Steve (Self)
Osteen, James (Self; Convention of States)
Peery, Robert (Self; Convention of states project)
Perry, Henry (Self; Convention of States)
Pollock, Donald (Cos)
Pollock, Donald (Self; COS)
Rapp, Corey (Self; Cos)
Richardson, Jim (Self; Convention of States - Texas)
Rockett, Christopher (Self)
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For:
Rockett, Christopher (Self; Convention of States)
Saturn, Daniel (Self)
Saturn, Daniel (Self)
Smith, Stephen (Convention of states)
Tangeman, Allison (Self; Volunteer Convention of States)
Thoreson, Bill (Self; COS)
Trigg Jr, Thomas Keaton (Self; Convention of States-Texas)
Turner, Angie (Self; Convention of States Project)
Against:
Brown, Rayford (Self)
Bryan, Susan Quinn (Self)
Callahan, Christy (Self; Indivisible Galveston)
Callahan, Christy (Self)
Carpenter, Suzanne (Self; Texas Liberty Committee)
Carter, Cookie (Self; Indivisible galveston)
Carter, David (Self)
CHIMENE, GRACE (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Galloway, Carolyn (Self; Eagle. Forum)
Glass, Kathie (Self)
Harless, Barbara (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Huff, Darren (Self)
Hyde, Kurt (Self; Denton County Republican Assembly)
Prior, Andy (Self)
Sullivan, Michael (Self)
Sullivan, Michael (Self; Wimberley indivisible)
Trimm, James (Self)
True, Nancy (Self; Texas Liberty Committee)
On:
Dupuy, Trevor (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Consitutional Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Ray (Self; PublicData.com)
Bailey, William (Self; Cos texas)
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Brant, Esther (Convention of state)
Brant, John (Convention of States)
Bridges, Suzon (Self; Convention of States)
Brown, David (Self; Convention of States)
Chi, Maxwell (Self)
Coffey, Robert (Self; Convention of States)
Dawes, George (Self; Conventio of States)
Deffendall, Michael (Self)
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For:
DeMoss, Chip (Compact Administrator - Compact for a Balanced Budget)
DeSoto, Dean S (Self)
Dettmann, James (Self; Convention of States)
Durazo, Guillermo (Self)
Elliott, Jan (Self; Convention of States)
Fitzgerald, Jan (Self; Convention of States)
Fitzgerald, Keith (Self; Convention of States)
Freeland, Marian (Self; Convention of States)
Geerlings, Barbara (Self; Convention of States Project)
Geerlings, Pj (Self; Convention of states)
Gessner, Jackie (Self)
Gimben, Nick (Self)
Green, Rick (Self)
Gutzky, Roland (Self)
Hendricks, Michael (Self)
Henry, Thomas (Convention of States)
Heubaum, Karl (Self; Convention of States Project)
Hodson, Michelle (Self; Convention of States)
Howard, Audrey (Self; Convention of states)
Howard, George S (Self)
Jackson, Kirsten (Self; Convention of States Project)
Jahn, Kathy (Self)
Jahn, William (Self)
Jones, Mary (Self; Convention of states)
Kirkland, Mandy (Self)
Koebele, Steve (Self)
Lapaglia, John (Self; COS)
Lennon, James (Self; Coalition for Public Responsibility PAC)
Lowrance, Darrell (Self; Convention of States)
Lowrance, Joshua (Self)
Luevano, Cassandra (Self)
Martin, Joanne (Self)
Maslanka, Michael (Self)
McDaniel, Robbie (Self; Convention of States)
Mcphee, Peter (Self; Convention of states)
Melberg, Bruce (Self; Convention of States)
Peters, Barbara (Self; Convention of States Project)
Pettit, Stephen (Self)
Pool, Wendell (Self; Convention of States)
Raidy-Henry, Catherine (Self)
Rakestraw, Paulette (State of Georgia Representative & Compact Commissioner, Compact for
a Balanced Budget Amendment)
Richter, Douglas (Self; Convention of States Project)
Robertson, Tony (Self)
Simpson, Rossie (Self)
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For:
Simpson, Terrie (Self)
Sipiora, Jim (Self; Convention of states)
Snowden, Greg (Compact Commission - Compact for a Balanced Budget)
Steinhauser, Brendan (U.S. Term Limits)
Sullivan, Michael (Self; Empower Texans)
Tarver, Dalena (Self)
Tarver, Larry (Self; Clearfork Baptist Church, Hawley Texas)
Thoreson, Linda (Self; COS)
Trigg, Paula (Self; Convention of States)
Trojacek, Shohn (Self)
Vandewerken, Annette (Self)
Wahrmund, Laraine (Self; Convention of states)
Whisenhunt, Wes (Self)
Whisenhunt, Wes (Self)
Young, James (Self; Convention of States)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Carlson, Pat (Self)
Carlson, Pat (Self)
Cook, Kelli (Self; Texas Campaign for Liberty)
Galloway, Bruce (Self)
Geisman, Cindy (Self)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Jones, Carl (Self)
Jordan, Ana (Self)
Lindemann, Carl (Self)
Marrs, Annie (Self)
Martinez, Esther (Self)
May, Vincent (Self)
Nelson, Louise (Self)
Norris, Sarah (Self)
Onyisi, Peter (Self)
Openshaw, Michael (Self)
Peek, George (Self)
Peek, Whitney (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Self)
Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)
Richards, Hamilton (Self)
Richards, Joanne (Self)
Sterling, Karen (Self)
For:
DeMoss, Chip (Compact Commission - Compact for a Balanced Budget)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Duval, Stephen (Self)
Eastland, Bill (Self)
Jackson, Kirsten (Self)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Mechler, Tom (Republican Party of Texas)
Rakestraw, Paulette (Self; State of Georgia and Compact for Balanced Budget Commission)
Snowden, Greg (Self; State of Mississippii & Compact for a Balanced Budget Commission)
Trimm, James (Self)
Against:
Brown, Rayford (Self)
Callahan, Christy (Self)
Carlson, Pat (Self)
Carlson, Pat (Self)
Carter, David (Self)
Harless, Barbara (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Huff, Darren (Self)
Hyde, Kurt (Self; Denton County Republican Assembly)
Jones, Carl (Self)
Jordan, Ana (Self)
Lindemann, Carl (Self)
Prior, Andy (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Self)
True, Nancy (Self; Texas Liberty Committee)
On:
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Consitutional Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Ray (Self; PublicData.com)
Green, Rick (Self)
Green, Robert L. (Self)
Koebele, Steve (Self)
Saturn, Daniel (Self)
Trojacek, Shohn (Self)
Against:
Badnarik, Michael (Self)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Carpenter, Suzanne (Self; Texas Liberty Committee)
CHIMENE, GRACE (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cook, Kelli (Self; Texas Campaign for Liberty)
Galloway, Carolyn (Self; Eagle. Forum)
Geisman, Cindy (Self)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Marrs, Annie (Self)
May, Vincent (Self)
Nelson, Louise (Self)
Openshaw, Michael (Self)
Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)
Richards, Hamilton (Self)
Richards, Joanne (Self)
Sterling, Karen (Self)
For:
Eastland, Bill (Self)
Prior, Andy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Rayford (Self)
Callahan, Christy (Self)
Carlson, Pat (Self)
Carpenter, Suzanne (Self; Texas Liberty Committee)
Carter, David (Self)
CHIMENE, GRACE (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Galloway, Carolyn (Self; Eagle. Forum)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Harless, Barbara (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Hyde, Kurt (Self; Denton County Republican Assembly)
Koebele, Steve (Self)
May, Vincent (Self)
Newton, Will (Self; NFIB/Texas)
Onyisi, Peter (Self)
Openshaw, Michael (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Self)
Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)
Sterling, Karen (Self)
Trimm, James (Self)
True, Nancy (Self; Texas Liberty Committee)
Against:
Badnarik, Michael (Self)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
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