WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources Committee
March 28, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Romans, Katherine (Self; Hill country alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burklund, Adam (West Texas Regional Groundwater Management Alliance)
Clifford, Mike (Greater Edwards Aqufer Alliance)
Ortiz, Alex (Self; Sierra Club)
Against:
Posey, Matthew (Tx Aggregate & Concrete Association)
Stewart, Michael (Self)
On:
Villalba, Rebecca (TCEQ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelly, David (North Texas Municipal Water Districr)
Sledge, Brian (Northeast Texas Municipal Water District)
Zabolio, Jody (Self; Water environment association of texas, texas association of clean water
agencies & upper trinity regional water district)
For:
Nahrgang, Julie (Self; Water environment association of texas and texas association of clean
water agencies)
Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)
Zabolio, Jody (Self; Water environment association of texas, texas association of clean water
agencies & upper trinity regional water district)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
On:
Pearson, Shea (Texas Chemical Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Floerke, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
Johnson, Cliff (City of Houston)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kelly, David (North Texas Municipal Water Districr)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)
Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))
Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)
Puig - Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugar Land)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Against:
Ortiz, Alex (Self; Sierra Club)
Pillifant, Reid (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
For:
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
On:
Goshen, Danielle (National Wildlife Federatiom)
Mitchell, Bob (Gulf Coast Protection District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brannan, Ryan (Galveston Park Board of Trustees)
Brown, Crystal (Greater Houston Partnership)
Bush, Kyle (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Carona, Don (GCPD)
Ellmer, Mindy (Lyondellbasell)
Fowler, Perry (TXWIN)
Garcia, Buddy (ARX Energy)
Grande, Rebecca (Texas Association of Business)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Landwehr, Martha (BASF Corporation)
Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)
Pearson, Shea (Texas Chemical Council)
Sansom, Andrew (Self)
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Torres, Gerard (CenterPoint Energy)
On:
Russo, Raymond (Gulf coast protection district)
Sunstrum, Nicole (Gulf Coast Protection District)
For:
Lima, Carlos (Sharyland Water Supply Corporation)
Miller, Douglas (HMW Special Utility District)
Rutherford, Shan (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garcia, Buddy (Aqua Texas)
Heckler, Jeff (Alliance Regional Water Alliance)
Heckler, Jeff (Green Valley Special Utility District)
McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)
Myers, Ashley (Texas Association of Water Companies)
Sanchez, Louie (South Texas Water Utilities Managers Association)
On:
Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Eaves, Celia (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
For:
Loftus, Timothy (Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)
Romans, Katherine (Self; Hill country alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bruno, Marisa (Hill country alliance)
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Clifford, Mike (Greater Edwards Aqufer Alliance)
Goshen, Danielle (National Wildlife Federatiom)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
KNIGHT, ANITA (Self)
Mathis, James (Edwards Aquifer Authority)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Ortiz, Alex (Self; Sierra Club)
Puig - Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Against:
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
On:
Anderson, Joel (TCEQ)
For:
Smith, David (Benbrook Water Authority)
For:
Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
McKee, Nancy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sledge, Brian (Self; Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)
Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund (SAWDF))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burklund, Adam (West Texas Regional Groundwater Management Alliance)
Ellis, Gregory (Clients of the Firm)
Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity GCD, Clearwater UWCD, Middle Pecos GCD, Panola County
GCD)
Morris, Joe (Aqua Water Supply Corporation)
Ortiz, Alex (Sierra Club)
Puig - Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Self, and on behalf of Belding Farms and Cockrell Investment
Partners)
Sansom, Andrew (Self; Belding Farms)
Sansom, Andrew (Self; Belding Farms)
Wier, Mary (Self)
Against:
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
For:
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)
Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ellis, Gregory (Clients of the Firm)
Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity GCD, Clearwater UWCD, Middle Pecos GCD, Panola County
GCD)
Fowler, Perry (TXWIN)
French, Larry (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Anyonio)
Kirkle, Sarah (Texas Water Conservation Association)
Loftus, Timothy (Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)
Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
McKee, Nancy (Self)
Puig - Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Self, and on behalf of Belding Farms and Cockrell Investment
Partners)
Sledge, Brian (Self; Upper Trinity GCD, Prairielands GCD, North Texas GCD)
Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund (SAWDF))
Wier, Mary (Self)
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On:
Dupnik, John (Texas water development board)
For:
Ellis, Gregory (Clients of the Firm)
For:
Bruno, Marisa (Hill country alliance)
Ellis, Gregory (Clients of the Firm)
Golemon, Kennan (Self)
Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Puig - Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)
On:
Mace, Robert (The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camino, Marie (The Nature Conservancy Texas Chapter)
Clifford, Mike (Greater Edwards Aqufer Alliance)
Dreibelbis, Justin (Texas Wildlife Association)
Ellmer, Mindy (Gulf Coast Water Authority)
Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity GCD, Clearwater UWCD, Middle Pecos GCD, Panola County
GCD)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
French, Larry (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Garcia, Buddy (Brownsville Public Utilities Board)
Goshen, Danielle (National Wildlife Federatiom)
Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Nunns, Randy (Self; Devils River Conservancy)
Olson, Lori (Self; Texas Land Trust Council)
Ortiz, Alex (Sierra Club)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Self, and on behalf of Belding Farms and Cockrell Investment
Partners)
Russell, Ruth (Self; DRC, TREAD, LRWA, TWA)
Sansom, Andrew (Self; Belding Farms)
Sansom, Andrew (Self; Belding Farms)
Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)
Sledge, Shauna Fitzsimmons (Upper Trinity GCD, Prairielands GCD, North Texas GCD)
Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund (SAWDF))
Wier, Mary (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Frazier, Kyle (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)
Hodges, Kenneth (Texas Corn Producers Association)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
On:
Dupnik, John (Texas water development board)
For:
Palacios, Virginia (Commission Shift)
Ruiz, Cole (Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District)
Wight, Schuyler (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bruno, Marisa (Hill country alliance)
Burklund, Adam (West Texas Regional Groundwater Management Alliance)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
McKee, Nancy (Self)
Modglin, Jason (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Puig - Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)
For:
Sledge, Brian (Self; Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District, North Texas Groundwater
Conservation District)
Against:
Gibson, David (Texas Corn Producers Association)
On:
Ellis, Gregory (Clients of the Firm)
Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas Landowners Council)
McKee, Nancy (Self)
Ortiz, Alex (Sierra Club)
Puig - Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Self, and on behalf of Belding Farms and Cockrell Investment
Partners)
Smith, David (Benbrook Water Authority)
Against:
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Alexander, Kathy (TCEQ)
Mills, Kelly (TCEQ)
Nygren, Kim (TCEQ)
Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund (SAWDF))
For:
Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity GCD, Panola County GCD, Clearwater UWCD, Middle Pecos
GCD)
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas Landowners Council)
Golemon, Kennan (Self)
Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)
Puig - Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)
On:
Mace, Robert (The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bruno, Marisa (Hill country alliance)
Camino, Marie (The Nature Conservancy Texas Chapter)
Clifford, Mike (Greater Edwards Aqufer Alliance)
Dies, Martin (Self; Orange County Drainage District)
Ellis, Gregory (Clients of the Firm)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
French, Larry (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Goshen, Danielle (National Wildlife Federatiom)
Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
McKee, Nancy (Self)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Nunns, Randy (Self; Devils River Conservancy)
Olson, Lori (Self; Texas Land Trust Council)
Ortiz, Alex (Sierra Club)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Self, and on behalf of Belding Farms and Cockrell Investment
Partners)
Russell, Ruth (Self; FRC,LrWA,TWA, TREAD)
Sansom, Andrew (Self; Belding Farms)
Sansom, Andrews (Self; Belding Farms)
Sledge, Shauna Fitzsimmons (Upper Trinity GCD, Prairielands GCD, North Texas GCD)
Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund (SAWDF))
Wier, Mary (Self)
Against:
Frazier, Kyle (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)
Gibson, David (Texas Corn Producers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Dupnik, John (Texas water development board)
For:
Ruiz, Cole (Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity GCD, Clearwater UWCD, Middle Pecos GCD, Panola County
GCD)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
McKee, Nancy (Self)
Modglin, Jason (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Palacios, Virginia (Commission Shift)
Saenz, Jenn (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Sledge, Brian (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
On:
Mills, Kelly (TCEQ)
For:
Ellis, Gregory (Clients of the firm)
Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)
Sledge, Brian (Self; Upper Trinity GCD, Prairielands GCD, North Texas GCD)
On:
Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Embrey, Ty (Middle Trinity GCD, Clearwater UWCD, Panola County GCD)
French, Larry (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
McKee, Nancy (Self)
Puig - Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Self, and on behalf of Belding Farms and Cockrell Investment
Partners)
Against:
Burklund, Adam (West Texas Regional Groundwater Management Alliance)
On:
Dupnik, John (Texas water development board)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ellis, Gregory (Clients of the Firm)
Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
McKee, Nancy (Self)
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)
Sansom, Andrew (Self; Belding Farms)
Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund (SAWDF))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burklund, Adam (West Texas Regional Groundwater Management Alliance)
French, Larry (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Puig - Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Self, and on behalf of Belding Farms and Cockrell Investment
Partners)
Sledge, Shauna Fitzsimmons (Upper Trinity GCD, Prairielands GCD, North Texas GCD)
Wier, Mary (Self)
Against:
Gibson, David (Texas Corn Producers Association)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
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