WITNESS LIST
Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee
April 9, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of information foundation of texas)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Han, Mimi (Harris County Attorney)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
On:
Giles, Jeffrey (Parkland Health)
Johnson, Rob (Self)
Mueller, Laura (City of Dripping Springs)
Thompson, Greg (Wellpoint Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Black, Amanda (Self; City of Paradise)
Blackwood, James (Self; Sud)
Bourgeois, John (Self; City of Boyd)
Cabrales Jr, John (Self; City of New Fairview)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Clark, Leah (City of Georgetown)
Dolan, Bryan (Self; City of Aurora Texas)
FRYE, KIRK (PARMER COUNTY)
Hausenfluck, Amber (City of McAllen)
Holmes, Rodney (City of Boyd)
Kilroy, Taylor (Texas Public Power Association)
McDonald, James (Self)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Pellegrini, Ron (Self)
Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (The City of Corpus Christi)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Taylor, William (Self; City of Boyd)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
On:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Against:
Strenger, Alexander (Self)
On:
Linkous, Shane (SOAH)
Sharkey, Brittany (TBVME)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Beverly, Eric (Sunset Advisory Commission)
Bounds, Heather (Tsswcb)
Gandy, Rachel (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hill III, Billy (CenterPoint Energy)
Joseph, Leigh (Self)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Pope, Clay (Texas EV Alliance)
Against:
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; True texas project)
McCarty, Julie (Self; True Texas Project CEO)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Widmann, Carole (Self)
For:
Ahlschwede, Tonya (452nd District Attorney)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Clay (SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
On:
Knight, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
Puente, Jaime (Self; Every Texan)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
On:
Miller, Christopher (University of Texas at Austin Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
For:
Oliphant, Travis (Self)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)
On:
Barer, David (Self)
Deal, Nycia (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Firt Worth)
Rayo-Garza, Coda (Every Texan)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Against:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (The City of Corpus Christi)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Clow, Rachel (KRIS 6 News)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Against:
FRYE, KIRK (PARMER COUNTY)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
On:
Clark, Leah (City of Georgetown)
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Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Beverly, Eric (Sunset Advisory Commission)
Lucas, Christopher (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Rhine, Mackenzie (Self; EFF-Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sreenivasan, Rahul (Texas 2036)
On:
Hoffman, John (Department of Information Resources)
Welch, Kevin (Self; EFF-Austin)
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