WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
March 17, 2021 - 8:00 AM
For:
Dean, Dustin (Self; Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
McNeill, Shalene (Self)
Miller, Rhonda (Self)
Richards, Brandi (Self; Texas cattle feeders association)
Against:
Christoffel, Brett (Self; All Y'alls Foods)
Colegrove, Dan (Alliance for Plant Based Inclusion)
O'Connell, Jessica (Beyond Meat)
Rodriguez, Oscar (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
On:
Pahl, Stephen (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Essler, JC (Texas Poultry Federation)
Gunn, Brandon (Texas Pork Producers Association)
Winegarner, Josh (Self; Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
Against:
Grant, Kathy (The Good Food Institute)
Hebert, Bryan (Plant Based Foods Association)
Mains, Chuck (Self; Impossible Foods)
For:
Dion, Shannon (Self; Secure Our Seniors' Safety)
Pangburn, Cheryl (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
On:
Das, Tara (Department of State Health Services)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Pahl, Stephen (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
For:
Feigenbaum, Aryeh (Self; Ohr HaTorah)
Goldfeder, Howard (Self)
Hirschberg, Charles (Self; Dallas chevra kadisha inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Bower, Glenn (Texas funeral service commission)
Das, Tara (Department of State Health Services)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Self, Cathy (Dallas County Medical Examiner - Resource Witness)
For:
Belfort, Michael (Self)
Reed, Christina (Self; Baylor college of medicine and texas children's hospital)
Against:
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
On:
Klein, Jorie (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
For:
Geelhoed, Mike (Texas physical therapy association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
For:
Greiner, Marley (Bastatd Nation. The Adoptee Rights Organization)
Hodgson, Shawna (Self; Texas Adoptee Rights Coalition)
Johnson, Noel (Self)
Jurenovich, Elizabeth (Self; Abrazo Adoption Associates)
Peters, Joellen (Self; Support Texas Adoptee Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnenblust, Cynthia (Self)
Gray, Connie (Self; Texas DNA and Adoptee Search Support)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perkins, Katy (Self)
Purcell, Marci (Self; Adoption Knowledge Affiliates)
Sarantakes, Kimberly (Self)
Scott, Dawn (Self)
Smith, Marla (Support Texas Adoptee Rights)
Against:
Pojman, Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
On:
Das, Tara (Department of State Health Services)
On:
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Hubbard, John (Anatomical Board of the State of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Bower, Glenn (Texas funeral service commission)
Hammett, Tricia (Science Care, Inc)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
McDivitt, Darren (Sunset Commission stadd)
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