WITNESS LIST
Transportation Committee
April 26, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Brittain, Janie (Self)
Case Pickens, Liz (Self)
Dixon, Don (Self)
Hale, Rachel (Self; TURF, Texans for Toll Free Hwys, Grassroots America We the People and
TX Eagle Forum)
Putnam, Terry (Self)
Putnam, Wilma Joy (Self)
Schlueter, Brad (City of Baytown)
On:
Stewart, Stephen (TxDOT)
For:
Atkins, Kenneth (Self; Atkins Engineering & Assoc.)
WINGERTER, JOE (KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE)
Against:
Casteel, David (AGC of Texas Highway, Heavy, Industrial, Utilities Branch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Sara (Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority)
Berlanga, Hugo (Self; PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI)
Brophey, Patrick (North Texas Commission)
Bruun, Glenna (Texas Ports Association)
Castillo, Evelyn (Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority)
Castillo, Evelyn (Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority)
Colyandro, John (Webber)
Delisi, Deirdre (TranSystems)
Emerson, Jennifer (Port Houston)
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)
Lewis, Alec (Port of Beaumont)
Lewis, Alec (Port of Port Arthur)
Lewis, Ron (Cintra)
Lewis, Ron (Ferrovial Construction)
Montford, John T. (Self; Sundt Construction Company)
O’Reilly, Brian (Camino Real RMA; North East Texas RMA; Webb County-City of Laredo
RMA)
Sullivan, Ray (HNTB)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Tomlinson, Mark (Self; Bridgefarmer & Associates)
Wassdorf, Petrus (Ports to Plains Alliance)
Against:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas Highway, Heavy, Utilities and Industrial Branch)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Case Pickens, Liz (Self)
Hale, Rachel (Self; TURF, Texans for Toll Free Hwys, Grassroots America We the People and
TX Eagle Forum)
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
On:
Simmons, Lance (TxDOT)
For:
Propes, Jay (Carvana)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cooke, Earl (Texas Independent Automobile Dealers)
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
On:
Luedeke, Shay (Self; Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas)
Thompson, Clint (TxDMV)
For:
Lira, Roy (Self)
Pedigo, Gary (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen)
Peña, Samuel (City of Houston fire department)
Saunders, Kamron (SMART-TD)
Against:
Zientek, Richard (Texas Railroad Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bunker, Phil (Self; Teamsters JC 58)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texa AFL-CIO)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Pitts, John (Farm & City)
Wright, Ben (Self; Brotherhood of locomotive engineers and trainmen)
Against:
Deshields, Holly (Texas Short Line and Regional Railroad Association)
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Against:
Grande, Rebecca (Texas Association of Business)
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)
Lee, Christopher (North Texas Commission)
On:
Jaquess, Danny (Texas Railroad Association)
For:
Finger, Jack (Self)
Hale, Rachel (Self; TURF, Texans for Toll Free Hwys, Grassroots America We The People,
True TX Project)
Ibe, Natalie (Self; True Texas Project)
Porter, Gregory (Self; Texas For Liberty)
Against:
Castaneda, Lisa (Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brittain, Hilliard (Self)
Brittain, Janie (Self)
Case Pickens, Liz (Self)
Dixon, Don (Self)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Putnam, Terry (Self)
Putnam, Wilma Joy (Self)
Against:
Ballesteros, Arturo (North Texas Tollway Authority)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
O’Reilly, Brian (North East Texas RMA, Cameron County RMA)
Parrish, Colin (Blueridge Transportation Group)
Rove, Karen (Central tx regional mobility authority)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
On:
Stewart, Stephen (TxDOT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Pitts, John (Farm & City)
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Simmons, Lance (TxDOT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Leggett, Adam (Texas Clean Fuels Alliance)
Moore, Dana (Texas Trucking Association)
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bunker, Phil (Self; Teamsters JC 58)
Case Pickens, Liz (Self)
Deshields, Holly (Texas Short Line and Regional Railroad Association)
Hale, Rachel (Self; TURF, Texans for Toll Free Hwys, Grassroots America We the People and
TX Eagle Forum)
For:
Propes, Jay (Carvana)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cooke, Earl (Texas Independent Automobile Dealers)
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Durst, Melodie (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)
On:
Thompson, Clint (TxDMV)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Pitts, John (Farm & City)
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
On:
Chrane, Justin (Texas DPS)
For:
Pedigo, Gary (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen)
Saunders, Kamron (SMART-TD)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bunker, Phil (Self; Teamsters JC 58)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texa AFL-CIO)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Wright, Ben (Self; Brotherhood of locomotive engineers and trainmen)
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Deshields, Holly (Texas Short Line and Regional Railroad Association)
Grande, Rebecca (Texas Association of Business)
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)
For:
Jones, Chi (Self)
Shellman, Catherine (Self; Jason Landry Search Team)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jenkins, Craig (Self)
Wagner, David (Everbridge)
On:
Simmons, Lance (TxDOT)
For:
Lauderback, Bill (Friends of Texas Iron and Steel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bush, Kyle (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Heckmann, Kris (Steel Dynamics, Inc)
Keffer, Jim (Self; EBAA Iron Sales)
Miller, Doug (Commercial Metals Company)
Shannon, Fred (Gerdau AmeriSteel)
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bunker, Phil (Self; Teamsters JC 58)
Case Pickens, Liz (Self)
Deshields, Holly (Texas Short Line and Regional Railroad Association)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texa AFL-CIO)
Hale, Rachel (Self; TURF, Texans for Toll Free Hwys, Grassroots America We the People and
TX Eagle Forum)
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Archer, Jimmy (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)
Simmons, Lance (TxDOT)
For:
Schwent, Don (EAN HOLDINGS, LLC (d/b/a Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Alamo Rent A Car,
National Car Rental))
On:
Luna, Pablo (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Graydon, Galt (Avis/Budget Car Rental)
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
On:
Thompson, Clint (TxDMV)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wimberly, Jim (City of san marcos)
On:
Harmon, Dan (TxDOT)
For:
De La Torre Pinedo, Diana (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Tasia (Self)
Archie, Laashley (Self)
Coleman, Jasmine (Self)
Eriksen, Erin (Self; Stop TxDot I-45)
Ford, Ronald (Self)
Gaston, Jasmine (Self)
Gauci, Michael (Self)
Greenfield, Adam (Self; Rethink35)
Gutierrez, Leticia (Air alliance hou)
Hadayia, Jennifer (Self; Air Alliance Houston)
Henderson-Williams, Cheryl (Self)
Ledezma, Carmen (Self)
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For:
Lee, Parys (Self)
Lewellen, Austin (Stop TxDOT I45)
Mallett, Walter (Self)
McGruder, Delores (Self; CEER)
Nealy, Shannon (Self)
Perry, Deliah (Self)
Pitts, John (Farm & City)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Reyes, Alejandra (Self)
Ronquillo, Shirley (Self)
Schoenfield, Miriam (Self; Rethink35)
Smither, Alexandra (Stop TxDOT I45)
Ventura, Rony (Self)
Watkins, Edna (Self)
Yonekawa-Blest, Karina (Self; Fonde Civic Club, Paulette Wagner West Macgregor Civic
Association, Beverly Sadler-Adjei Mcgregor Palms-Terrace)
Against:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas Highway, Heavy, Utilities and Industrial Branch)
Case Pickens, Liz (Self)
Hale, Rachel (Self; TURF, Texans for Toll Free Hwys, Grassroots America We the People and
TX Eagle Forum)
On:
Simmons, Lance (TxDOT)
For:
Searight, Sarah L (Self; Port Aransas Conservancy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Pena, Dara (Self; Port Aransas Conservancy)
For:
Wright, Mel (Self; Recycling Council of Texas)
Against:
Cooke, Earl (Texas Independent Automobile Dealers)
Rhodes, Brent (Self; Metro Auto Auction)
Sabillon, Christina (Mi Tierra Auto Sales, Inc)
Winkelmann, Ryan (Self; BJ’S Autohaus)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
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Against:
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
On:
Thompson, Clint (TxDMV)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Conner, Matthew (Houston Independent School District)
On:
Stewart, Stephen (TxDOT)
For:
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Foster, Irby (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Young Montgomery, Rebecca (United Way Tarrant County)
On:
Simmons, Lance (TxDOT)
For:
Wright, Ben (Self; Brotherhood of locomotive engineers and trainmen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bunker, Phil (Self; Teamsters JC 58)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texa AFL-CIO)
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)
Pedigo, Gary (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Saunders, Kamron (SMART-TD)
For:
Lee, Sherry (Trinity Metro)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lewis, Alec (Port of Beaumont)
For:
Barrett, Keith (Aransas county navigation district)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dieckow, Malcolm (Chairman, Aransas County Navigation District)
Garza, Ray (Aransas County)
Hoff, Jennifer (Self; IBC Bank)
Hutt, Christy (Self)
Hutt, Jeff (Self)
Martinez, Mario A. (Aransas County Navigation Dist.)
For:
Saathoff, Phyllis (Port Freeport)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ash, Ky (Brazos Pilots Association)
Berlanga, Hugo (Self; Port of cc tx)
Bruun, Glenna (Texas Ports Association)
Emerson, Jennifer (Port Houston)
Fairbanks, Lauren (Freeport LNG)
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Hoss, John (Self; Commissioner, Port Freeport and Administator, Freeport Launch Service)
Landwehr, Martha (BASF Corporation)
Lewis, Alec (Port of Beaumont)
Lewis, Alec (Port of Port Arthur)
Martinez, Mario A. (Port of Brownsville)
Nemeth, Peter (Port Freeport)
Santos, Rudy (Port Freeport)
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