WITNESS LIST
Environmental Regulation Committee
April 24, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Andres, Grace (Self)
Gutierrez, Leticia (Self; Air alliance houston)
Hjorth, Tyler (San Marcos TX Utilities)
Joshi, Sonia (Public Citizen)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Soliz III, Florencio D (Self)
Against:
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beck, Sarah (Self)
Bolognino, Annie (Self)
Bruno, Marisa (Hill Country Alliance)
Camino, Marie (The Nature Conservancy in Texas)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chen, Kevin (Self)
Crownover, Buffy (Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Entsminger, Tom (National Wildlife Federation)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Fuentes, Frank (Self; U.S. Hispanic Contractors Association)
Gagen, Charlie (Ameeican Lung Association)
Grever, Maya (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Hanes, Rachel (Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance)
Herweck, Rich (Self; HubZRO H2-FCEV OneLLC)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Malinak, Frank (Lee County)
Martinez, Laura (Self)
McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Mirto, Sophia (Self)
Moreno, Reynaldo (Self)
Nahrgang, Julie (Water Environment Association of Texas)
Nicks, Bob (Self; Austin Firefighters Association)
Palacios, Denisce (Climate Cabinet)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Shepperd, John (Self; Devils River Conservancy)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Against:
Oberbe k, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
On:
Lange, Dr. Sabine (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Casey, Patrick (Harris Health)
Gagen, Charlie (American Lung Association)
Gutierrez, Leticia (Self; Air alliance houston)
Kaplan, Cliff (Self; Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM))
Lopez, Bryan (IAF/TMO)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Utley, Sarah (Harris County Attorneys Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Grever, Maya (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Williams, Benjamin (Texas Hospital Association)
Against:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas)
Fairbanks, Lauren (GCC of America)
Garcia, Buddy (Holcim US)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association)
Holzheauser, Craig (CEMEX)
Parker, David (CRH Americas Materials)
Richmond, Debra (Kiewit Infrastructure)
Snowden, Tara (Capitol Aggregates and Zachry Corporation)
Tarlton, Patrick (Texas Concrete Products Association)
On:
Short, Samuel (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Collins, Susan (Container recycling institute)
Flippin, Kenneth (Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Garver, Mike (Self; Texans for Clean Water)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
McQueen, Neil (Self; Surfrider Foundation - Texas Coastal Bend Chapter)
Merritt, Kameron (Knauf Insulation)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Against:
Baier, Corianna (Anheuser-Busch)
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
On:
Kaylor, Sarah (The Recycling Partnership)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bickley, Doris (Self)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Castillo, Cayethania (San Antonio River Authority)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Gutierrez, Leticia (Air alliance houston)
Heckler, Jeff (Primo Brands (Ozarka))
Herweck, Rich (Self; HubZRO H2-FCEV OneLLC)
Krueger, Christopher (PETRA)
Kustic, Allison (Association of Plastic Recyclers)
Piercy, Olivia (Self; Advanced Drainage Systems)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Robertson, Raymond (Self)
Schlueter, Brad (Red Bull North America, Inc.)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Spain, Diana (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Against:
Bennett, Joey (Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Texas)
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Davis, Doug (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
Donley, Rick (The Beer Alliance of Texas)
Huddleston, Cheri (Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits)
Kercheval, Todd (Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Texas (WSWT))
Knox, Ricky (Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Texas (WSWT))
Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas, Inc)
Pardue, Leslie (MolsonCoors)
Short, Jim (SPECs Liquors and Fine Wines)
Sims, Taylor (The Recycling Council of Texas)
Spilman, Tom (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
Urrabazo, JP (The Beer Alliance of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
On:
Fritz, Charly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Rudd, Tyler (Wine Institute)
Vise, Ryan (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Friesenhahn, Mark (Self; TRAM)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Kaplan, Cliff (Self; Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM) & Hill Country
Alliance)
On:
Short, Samuel (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ortiz, Fermin (TRAM - Texans For Responsible Aggregrate Mining)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association)
For:
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Wiehe, Stephen (Self; Motorcycle Riders Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Landers, Paul (Self; Motorcycle Riders Foundation)
Torres, Gerard (CenterPoint Energy)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Williamson, Walker (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Camino, Marie (The Nature Conservancy in Texas)
Shepperd, John (Self; Devils River Conservancy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
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For:
Entsminger, Tom (National Wildlife Federation)
Hanes, Rachel (Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Nahrgang, Julie (Water Environment Association of Texas)
Nold, Susan (The Nature Conservancy in Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Simmons, Carrie (Devils River Foundation)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Van de Putte, Leticia (City of Del Rio)
Vernon, Sierra (Self)
On:
Sadlier, Robert (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Hjorth, Eric (Self)
Johnson, Ed (Self; Giddings economic development corporation)
Malinak, Frank (Lee County)
Against:
Akers, Steven (Self; Back to nature)
Rodriguez, Manuel (Self; Living Earth and Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Williamson, Grant (Austin Wood Recycling)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Bolognino, Annie (Self)
Gabel, Lee (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self; Lee County Conservatives)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Hinchcliff, Lora (Texas Composting Council)
Smith, Curtis (Texas Nursery and Landscape Association)
On:
Fritz, Charly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Noonan, Chris (Covestro)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Sabrina (American Chemistry Council)
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
Landwehr, Martha (BASF)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Fritz, Charly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Gutierrez, Leticia (Self; Air alliance houston)
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Herweck, Rich (Self; HubZRO H2-FCEV OneLLC)
Merritt, Kameron (Knauf Insulation)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Against:
Baier, Corianna (Anheuser-Busch)
Coombs, Barbara (Self)
On:
Kaylor, Sarah (The Recycling Partnership)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Laura (Greater Houston Partnership)
Brown, Sabrina (American Chemistry Council)
Cardwell, Margo (Chevron Phillips Chemical)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Ellmer, Mindy (Lyondellbasell)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Heckler, Jeff (Primo Brands (Ozarka))
Landwehr, Martha (BASF)
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas, Inc.)
McAdams, Will (Dow)
Noonan, Chris (Covestro)
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
Piercy, Olivia (Self; Advanced Drainage Systems)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Bennett, Joey (Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Texas)
Donley, Rick (The Beer Alliance of Texas)
Fields, Ferrell (Republic Services)
Huddleston, Cheri (Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits)
Kercheval, Todd (Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Texas (WSWT))
Knox, Ricky (Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Texas (WSWT))
Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)
Pardue, Leslie (MolsonCoors)
Short, Jim (SPECs Liquors and Fine Wines)
Urrabazo, JP (The Beer Alliance of Texas)
On:
Fritz, Charly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Rudd, Tyler (Wine Institute)
For:
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
Herweck, Rich (Self; HubZRO H2-FCEV OneLLC)
Martin, Phillip (Environmental Defense Fund)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
On:
Clark, Lori (North Central Texas Council of Governments)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chick, Craig (Texas Hydrogen Alliance)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Fleming, Lauren (Ikea)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Palacios, Denisce (Climate Cabinet)
Pope, Clay (Texas EV Alliance)
Shifflett, Susan (Texas Hydrogen Alliance)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
On:
Hickman, Nate (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Avery, Kenda (Self)
Braun, John (Self)
Friesenhahn, Mark (Self; TRAM)
George, Jay (Self)
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For:
Golding, Doug (Self)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Kaplan, Cliff (Self; Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM))
Kohlman, Julia (Self; Saveburnet.com)
Malek, Elliot (Self)
Malek, Winnie Kate (Self)
Manning, Nan (Camp Longhorn)
McAnelly, Alan (Self)
McAnelly, Sherrye (Self)
Meredith, Kristin (Self)
Ortiz, Fermin (TRAM - Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining)
Owens, David (Self)
Printz, Randy (Self; SaveBurnet.com)
Sifleet, Todd (Self)
Tips, Peggy (Self)
Tips, Robert (Self)
On:
Short, Samuel (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Cannon, Thure (Self)
Gagen, Charlie (Ameeican Lung Association)
Morehead, Tracy (Camping Association for Mutual Progress (C.A.M.P.))
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)
Against:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Fairbanks, Lauren (GCC of America)
Garcia, Buddy (Holcim US)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Holzheauser, Craig (CEMEX)
Kocian, Aaron (Colorado Materials, Ltd.)
Parker, David (CRH Americas Materials)
Parker, David (Lhoist North America)
Snowden, Tara (Capitol Aggregates and Zachry Corporation)
Tarlton, Patrick (Texas Concrete Products Association)
Vane, Mark (Heidleberg Materials)
On:
Anderson, Joel (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Sadlier, Robert (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
For:
Bolognino, Annie (Self)
Durrenberger, John (Washington county)
Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Citizens of Lee County)
Hjorth, Eric (Self; Citizens of Lee County)
Hjorth, Tyler (Self)
Johnson, Ed (Self; Giddings economic development corporation)
Malinak, Frank (Lee County)
Against:
Thomas, Zachary (Organics by Gosh)
On:
Akers, Steven (Self; Back to nature)
Rodriguez, Manuel (Self; Living Earth and Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Williamson, Grant (Austin Wood Recycling)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Glass, Tom (Self; Lee County Conservatives)
Against:
Breihan, Travis (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Hinchcliff, Lora (Texas Composting Council)
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas, Inc.)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
On:
Fritz, Charly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Smith, Curtis (Texas Nursery and Landscape Association)
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