WITNESS LIST
Transportation Committee
March 29, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Schwebel, Gerry (Self)
Stout, David (Self; El Paso County)
Against:
Finger, Jack (Self)
Hale, Rachel (TX Eagle forum)
Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF, Texans for Toll-free Highways, Grassroots America-We the
People)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Forbes, Tom (El Paso Chamber of Commerce)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County, Texas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (Self; El Paso County)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Self)
Dixon, Don (Self)
Drewry, Christina (Self; Texas Freedom Coalition,self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
For:
Smith, Kayne (Self; Texas Association for Pupil Transportation)
Against:
Ballesteros, Arturo (North Texas Tollway Authority)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Kemp, Rose (Self)
McKracken, Amanda (Self)
Muncy, Lindsay (Self)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter)
On:
Stewart, Stephen (TxDOT)
For:
Escribano, Jose (Travis county constable pct 3)
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For:
Scesney, Daniel (Self; Texas Police Chiefs Associaion and City of Grand Prairie)
Solbrig, Tawny (Self)
On:
Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; County of Nueces, Tax Assessor Collectors Association of Texas)
Luedeke, Shay (Self; Tax Assessor-Collector Association)
Vieth, Dawn (Self; Archer County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Angel, Michael (Self; Grand Prairie PD)
Ballesteros, Arturo (North Texas Tollway Authority)
Berrettini, Thomas (Grand Prairie PD)
Bindseil, Debbie (Self; Burnet county jp4)
Bindseil, Missy (Self; Burnet county Pct 4 Constable)
Bionat, Christian (Greater Houston Partnership)
Bradburn, Mike (Travis county)
Campbell, Drew (DRMC)
Castillo, Javier (Self; College Station Police Dept.)
Castillo, Ramsey (Self; College Station Police Department)
Crossley, Jay (Farm&City)
Davis, Jeremy (Self; Williamson County Depuies Association)
Derrick, Steven (Travis Constable Pct 3)
Drewry, Chris (Self)
Garza, Robert (Self; Travis County Precinct 3)
Gonzalez, Julio (Dallas Police Department)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Johnson, Noel (Self; Williamson County Sheriffs Office)
Johnson, Wendy (Self)
Jones, James (Self)
Kohler, David (Self)
Mahaffey, Chad (Self; Fort Worth Police Department)
Medrano, Saul (Self; Travis County Constable Pct Three)
Myers, Stephen (Self; Fort Worth)
Nunez, Alfred (Self; Williamson County Deputies Assn)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Phenix, Billy (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Ragaisis, Nathaniel (Self; Williamson County Deputies Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Ryals, Marvin (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Simpson, Ryan (Grand Prairie PD)
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For:
Sliva, Timothy (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Suits, Stacy (Self; Travis Constable Pct 3)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Tooke, Ron (Self; Deputy Sheriffs Associatiom of Bexar County)
Wisdom, Ami (Self; Burnet county jp4)
Woods, Tyler (Grand Prairie Police Department)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
McCartt, J. (Vroom)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Luna, Roland (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)
For:
Bruun, Glenna (Texas Ports Association)
Henny, Kerrick (Port of Houston Authority)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berlanga, Hugo (Port of corpus christi)
Finley, Trace (Port of Corpus Christi Authority)
Lewis, Ron (Port of Beaumont)
Lewis, Ron (Port of Port Arthur)
Lewis, Ron (Cedar Port)
Macksood, Greg (Calhoun Port Authority)
Mathis, James (Port of Freeport)
Smith, Walker (Port of Harlingen)
Torres, Gerard (CenterPoint Energy)
For:
Kilgore, Tom (Self; City of Lakeway)
Suits, Stacy (Self; Travis Constable Pct 3)
Against:
Finger, Jack (Self)
Hale, Rachel (TX Eagle forum)
Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF, Texans for Toll-free Highways, Grassroots America-We the
People)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cox, Carissa (American Planning Association - Texas Chapter)
Crossley, David (Houston Tomorrow)
Crossley, Jay (Farm&City)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Garza, Robert (Self; Travis County Precinct 3)
Hamm, Lance (Vision Zero South Texas)
Henry, Thomas J (Self)
Johnson, Wendy (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Medrano, Saul (Self; Travis County Constable Pct Three)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self)
ORyan, Anne (AAA Texas)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Self)
Dixon, Don (Self)
Drewry, Chris (Self)
Drewry, Christina (Self; Texas Freedom Coalition,self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
On:
Hendrickson, Brandye (TxDOT)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Crossley, Jay (Farm&City)
ORyan, Anne (AAA Texas)
Sokolic, Kathy (Central Texas Families for Safe Streets)
Against:
Dixon, Don (Self)
Hale, Rachel (TX Eagle forum)
Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF, Texans for Toll-free Highways, Grassroots America-We the
People)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blazek, Jody (Self)
Cook, Molly (Self; Stop TxDOT I-45)
Cox, Carissa (American Planning Association - Texas Chapter)
Crossley, David (Houston Tomorrow)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
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For:
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; U S Green Building Council Texas Chapter)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Hamm, Lance (Vision Zero South Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kavelman, Daniel (Vision Zero Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Maxwell, Felicity (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Sabo, Jason (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Self)
Walker, Heyden (Safe Streets Austin)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Drewry, Chris (Self)
Drewry, Christina (Self; Texas Freedom Coalition,self)
Finger, Jack (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Nelson, Lyle (Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crossley, Jay (Farm&City)
Heckler, Jeff (Association of Community Transit of Texas)
Laine, Dale (Self; VIA Transit)
On:
Hendrickson, Brandye (TxDOT)
For:
Cassidy, C. Brian (SH 130 Concession Company)
Daniel, Jennifer (SH130 Concession Company)
Farmer, Gary (Self; Opportunity Austin)
Packer, Jonathan (New Braunfels Chamber, New Braunfels Economic Development
Foundation)
Against:
Finger, Jack (Self)
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Against:
Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF, Texans for Toll-free Highways, Grassroots America-We the
People)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biesenbach, Jason (Self; Seguin city council)
Boyer, Victor (Self; San Antonio Mobility Coalition, Inc.)
Davis, Denise (Caldwell County)
Davis, Denise (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Davis, Denise (Caldwell County)
Garcia, Buddy (North American Strategy for Competitiveness (NASCO))
Giulietti, Jason (Greater San Marcos Partnership)
Harris, Dana (Samsung Austin Semiconductor)
Keller, Bill (City of seguin)
McCartt, J. (SH 130 Concession Company)
Mills, David (Self)
Moore, Dana (Texas Trucking Assoc)
Parker, Steve (City of Seguin)
Reagan, Karen (Self)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity Austin)
Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Albright, Steven (Associated General Contractors of Texas- Highway Heavy Utility and
Industrial Branch)
Briscoe, Rick (Self)
Dixon, Don (Self)
Drewry, Christina (Self; Texas Freedom Coalition,self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Porter, Gregory (Self)
On:
Stewart, Stephen (TxDOT)
For:
Anderson, Tim (Outdoor Advertising Assn of Texas)
Foster, Dan (Reagan Signs)
Hruska, Jerod (Self)
Reagan, Billy (Self)
Rothfelder, Richard (Self; Reagan)
Against:
French, Andrea (Self; Scenic Houston, Scenic Texas)
Porter, Gregory (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DeBerry, Drew (Media Choice LLC)
Hentschel, Cathy (Self; Lamar Advertising)
McCartt, J. (Reagan Outdoor Advertising)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Reeder, Alan (LAMAR ADVERTISING)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Against:
Bionat, Christian (Greater Houston Partnership)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Masterson, Harris (Concourse Development)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Hendrickson, Brandye (TxDOT)
Madsen, Kyle (TxDOT)
For:
Carroll, Rod (Vidor Police Department)
On:
Moore, Dana (Texas Trucking Assoc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crossley, Jay (Farm&City)
On:
Hughes, Rob (Texas Forestry Association)
For:
Smith, Tom Smitty (Self; Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance (TxETRA))
Against:
Esparza, John (Texas Trucking Association)
Finger, Jack (Self)
Graglia, Nate (Self; Wallport transit xpress, inc)
Hale, Rachel (TX Eagle forum)
Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF, Texans for Toll-free Highways, Grassroots America-We the
People)
Ibe, Natalie (Self; True Texas Project)
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Against:
Kennemer, Jonathan (CKJ Transport LLC)
Maldonado, Jerry (Self; Warren Transport Inc.)
Polk, Jackie (Self; Lee TranServices, Inc)
Prewitt, John (Self; Tideport Distributing)
Swedberg, Konor (Self; Double Diamond Transport, Inc.)
Willis, John (Self; Texas Moving Company Inc)
Woods, Brandon (Self; Refrigerated Transport Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (Associated General Contractors of Texas- Highway Heavy Utility and
Industrial Branch)
Campbell, Drew (TAOT)
Crossley, David (Houston Tomorrow)
Crossley, Jay (Farm&City)
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
ORyan, Anne (AAA Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter)
Rove, Karen (Parsons)
Rove, Karen (Advanced Drainage Systems)
Sabo, Jason (Environment Texas)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Dixon, Don (Self)
Drewry, Chris (Self)
Drewry, Christina (Self; Texas Freedom Coalition,self)
Gillis, Kate (Self; Gulf intermodal services)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Hughes, Rob (Texas Forestry Association)
Porter, Gregory (Self)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Stewart, Michael (Aggregate Transporters Association of Texas)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
On:
Hendrickson, Brandye (TxDOT)
Yawn, Keith (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)
For:
Sepulveda, Jr., Pete (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
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On:
Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF, Texans for Toll-free Highways, Grassroots America-We the
People)
McCraw, Steve (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas Trucking Association)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
O’Reilly, Brian (Webb County-City of Laredo Regional Mobility Authority)
ORyan, Anne (AAA Texas)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
On:
Hendrickson, Brandye (TxDOT)
For:
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Hendrickson, Brandye (TxDOT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (Associated General Contractors of Texas- Highway Heavy Utility and
Industrial Branch)
Kearns, Dennis (Texas RailroadAssociation)
Leo, Myra (Kansas City Southern)
Matthews, Matt (Texas Short Line and Regional Railway Association)
Mullins, Lindsay (BNSF Railway)
Pedigo, Gary (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen)
Saunders, Kamron (SMART-TD)
Wehmeyer, Mackenna (Texas Rail Advocates)
Zientek, Richard (Union Pacific)
Against:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
On:
Stewart, Stephen (TxDOT)
For:
Maldonado, Jerry (Laredo Motor Carriers Association)
Sepulveda, Jr., Pete (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
McCraw, Steve (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (Associated General Contractors of Texas- Highway Heavy Utility and
Industrial Branch)
Borskey, Mark (Texas Trucking Association)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Mills, David (Self)
O’Reilly, Brian (Webb County-City of Laredo Regional Mobility Authority)
Rove, Karen (Parsons)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (Self; El Paso County)
Against:
Lopez, Roberto (Texas Civil Rights Project)
On:
Hendrickson, Brandye (TxDOT)
Against:
Finger, Jack (Self)
Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF, Texans for Toll-free Highways, Grassroots America-We the
People)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berlanga, Hugo (Self; PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI)
Brophey, Patrick (North Texas Commission)
Bruun, Glenna (Texas Ports Association)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Garza Reyes, Cynthia (Pharr International Bridge, City of Pharr)
Henny, Kerrick (Port Houston)
Lewis, Ron (Port of Beaumont)
Lewis, Ron (Port of Port Arthur)
Lewis, Ron (Cedar Port)
Martinez, Mario (Port of Brownsville)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association if Business)
Mendez, Mayor Trey (City of Brownsville)
Mills, David (Self)
Morgan, Ashley (Port of Corpus Christi)
Ramirez, Helen (City of Brownsville)
Sanchez, Louie (Space Exploration Technology Corp.)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Smith, Walker (Port of Harlingen)
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For:
Strama, Keith (Self; Sabine Neches Navigation District)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (Self; El Paso County)
Vargas, Michael (City of Pharr, Pharr International Bridge)
Against:
Albright, Steven (Associated General Contractors of Texas- Highway Heavy Utility and
Industrial Branch)
Briscoe, Rick (Self)
Campbell, Drew (TAOT)
Dixon, Don (Self)
Drewry, Chris (Self)
Drewry, Christina (Self; Texas Freedom Coalition,self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Porter, Gregory (Self)
On:
McCraw, Steve (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
Stewart, Stephen (TxDOT)
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