WITNESS LIST
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee
April 2, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Cudlip, Bonnie (Self)
Deal, Jacqueline (Self; State Armor)
Derrick, Trouba (Self)
London, Dennis (Self; Grassroots America We The People)
McVeigh, Andrew (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Russo, Christopher (Self; Texans for Strong Borders)
Thomas, Leslie (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Zhu, Bin (Self)
Against:
Blanding, Saba (Self)
Chen, Deborah (Self; OCA-Greater Houston)
Chen, Jin (Self)
Chen, Ledao (Self)
Chen, Yi (Self; Fujian association of South usa)
Chen, Yun (Self)
Cheng, Wen (Self)
Cheng, Zhengang (Self)
Contractor, Amatullah (Self)
Cruz, Sarah (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Cui, Songmei Wang (Self)
Deng, Daniel (Self)
Fang, Wei (Self)
Feigelson, Gene (Self)
G, Shan (Self)
Gu, Qin (Self)
Guo, Chuck (Self)
Hafizi, Niloufar (Self; Emgage Action)
Hall, Jessica (Self)
Hao, Vicky (Self)
Hu, Bin (Self)
Huang, Hua (Self)
Ingle, Yifan (Self)
Li, Hugh (Self; Austin Chinese American Network)
Li, Nan (Self)
Lin, Nancy (Self)
Liu, Wei (Self)
Lu, Han (Self)
Lu, Weiping (Self)
Lu, Xiaobing (Self)
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Against:
Luo, Mingqiu (Self)
Ma, Dingyi (Self)
Mansoor, Nabila (Asian Texans for Justice)
Miao, Tina (Self)
Na, Jichao (Self)
Ru, Ziling (Self)
Shao, Jiali (Self)
Shao, Lei (Self)
Shaw, Ning (Self)
Shi, Ying (Self)
Sun, Peter xihai (Self)
Sun, Zhiquan (Self; Greater San Antonio Chinese Chamber of Commerce)
Syed, Sarah (Self; Woori Juntos)
Teng, Junwei (Self)
Trieu, Lily (Self; Rise AAPI)
Wang, Hailin (Self)
Wang, Ling (Self)
Wang, Xiaobin (Self)
Wang, Yunyue (Self)
Wei, Ce (Self)
Wei, Michael (Self)
Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Wu, Wei (Self)
Wu, Xiaoyu (Self)
Xie, Jian (Self; United Chinese American (UCA))
Xie, Zhong John (Self)
Xing, Enge (Self)
Xu, Shawn (Self)
Yan, Hao (Self)
Yan, Muxi (Self)
Yi, Alice (Self; Asian american leadership council)
Yin, Zheng (Self)
You, Leyuan (Self)
Yu, Yunfan (Self)
Yuan, Jason (Self)
Zhang, Yunpeng (Self)
Zhao, CJ (Self)
Zheng, Ling (Self)
Zhou, Stella (Self; United Chinese Americans DFW)
Zhu, Tianyi "Joe" (Self; Leaders Forum)
Zhuang, Hong (Self)
On:
Bates, Tray (Texas REALTORS)
Day, Aaron (Texas Land Title Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Foster, Wendy (Independent Bankers Assoc of Texas)
Fowler, Meredyth (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self; Williamson County Republican Party)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Melendez, Jose (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
Vickery, Bobbie (Self; Sheriffs association of Texas)
Xie, Bin (Self)
Against:
Bai, Xue (Self)
Bao, Flora (Self)
Cao, Amanda (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chen, Jin (Self)
Chen, Sarah (Self)
Chen, Xiao (Self)
Cheng, Junzhang (Self)
Chishtey, Maha (Self)
Cohen, Hayden (Self)
Cohen, Jessica (Self)
Cui, Chenyang (Self)
Dai, Xiaoyan (Self)
Dechert, Katharina (Self; Tahirih Justice Center)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Ganz, Ethan (Self)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texas AFL-CIO)
Han, Toby (Self)
He, Ping (Self)
He, Xuhuiyang (Self)
Hernandez, Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Huan, Shanshan (Self)
Hwa, Chih fan (Self)
Ju, Miao (Self)
Kia, Mitra (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Self)
Lei, Chao (Self)
Li, Thierry shanjian (Self)
Li, Xiaonan (Self)
Li, Xiaoxia (Self)
Li, Xinrui (Self)
Li, Yuxiao (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Li, Zhongyi (Self)
Liu, Shenjun (Self)
Liu, Yun (Self)
Lucas, Susan (Self)
Luo, Mi (Self)
Ma, Yong (Self)
Mendoza, Zixuan (Self)
Mirto, Sophia (Self)
Mirto, Valerie (Self)
Mok, Amy (Self)
Morris, Jack (Self)
Papari, Arshia (Self)
Parish Moreno, Jasmine (Self)
Perez, Vivianna (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Qin, Nan (Self)
Qiu, Chengyue (Self)
Qiu, Dongqiang (Self)
Rong, Bian (Self)
Slaymaker, Erika (Self)
Song, Wentao (Self)
Story, Dale (Self)
Tang, Yiran (Self)
To, Victor (Self)
Villarreal, Alicia (Self)
Wang, Lisi (Self)
Wang, Xiaoyong (Self)
Wei, Wenfeng (Self)
Wu, Airong (Self)
Wu, Xinyi (Self)
Xue, Cheng (Self)
Yang, Liu (Self)
Yao, Johnny (Self)
Yeh, Grace (Self; Fujian providence association South USA)
Yong, Lucy (Self)
Yu, Siyuan (Self)
Zayan, Shaimaa (Self; Council on American Islamic Relations, Austin Chapter)
Zeng, Huani (Self)
Zhang, Changhua (Self)
Zhang, Lin (Self)
Zhang, Luby (Self)
Zhang, Shen (Self)
Zhang, Xiaohong (Self)
Zhang, Xuan (Self)
Zhang, Zhen (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Zhao, Xinmiao (Self)
Zhou, Jianqiang (Self)
Zhou, Kaidi (Self)
Zhou, Nan (Self)
Zhou, Ti (Self)
Zhu, Luna (Self)
Zhu, Zhaosong (Self)
On:
Temple, Will (Texas Apartment Association)
For:
Currie, Kelley (State Armor)
Du Mee, Matthew (State Armor)
Lucci, Michael (Self; State Armor)
Against:
Cheng, Zhengang (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
London, Dennis (Self)
Russo, Christopher (Self; Texans for Strong Borders)
For:
Blanchard, Jonathan (Dallas Police Department)
Deal, Jacqueline (Self; State Armor)
Shtofman, Scott (AUVSI)
Against:
Casey, Don (Self)
Chadwick, Shane (Amarillo Police Department)
Chelette, Anthony (Self; Irving Police Department)
DeCoux, Jeffry (Self; Autonomy Institute)
Doko, Adrian (Self; North Texas Drone Users Group)
Fair, Jimmy (Self; Lubbock Police Department)
Karr, Brandon (Self; Law Enforcement Drone Association, Galveston County, DroneSense,
Unmanned Tactical Group)
Kessler, Coitt (Self)
Leal, Tony (Self; Lubbock Police Department)
Nordfors, Kyle (Self; Mountain Rescue Association)
Oubre, Herbert (Self; City of Pearland)
Regan, Clay (Self)
Robertson, Rob (Self; Law Enforcement Drone Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Saldivar, Eddy (Self; Arlington Fire Department)
Skinner, Eric (Fort Worth Police Department)
On:
Holland, Stacy (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Perkins, Nick (Self; Tcesd no. 2)
Vickery, Bobbie (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texias)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Cheung, Sunny (Self; The Jamestown Foundation)
Lucas, Susan (Self)
Lucci, Michael (Self; State Armor)
Melendez, Jose (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Russo, Christopher (Self; Texans for Strong Borders)
Against:
Burnside, Jason (Self)
Doko, Selen (Self)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Fulton, Robert (Self)
Gonzalez, Carlos (Self; City of Leander - Police Department)
Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land, Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Ketron, Cody (Mesquite Police Department)
Leeton, Scott (Self; Corpus Christi Police Officer’s Association)
Moore, Barry (Self; North Texas Public Safety UAS response team.)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Rogers, Carrie (City of Austin)
Saldivar, Nicholas (Self)
Story, Dale (Self)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
White, Jack (Self)
On:
Abbott, Robert (Texas Fire Chiefs Association)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Sauerhoff, Tony (Texas DIR)
For:
Deal, Jacqueline (Self; State Armor)
Lucci, Michael (Self; State Armor)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Melendez, Jose (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
On:
Lucas, Susan (Self)
For:
Du Mee, Matthew (State Armor)
Lucci, Michael (Self; State Armor)
Xie, Bin (Self)
Against:
Cheng, Zhengang (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Evans, Michelle (Self; Williamson County Republican Party)
London, Dennis (Self)
Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Bierly, Kate (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Cheung, Sunny (Self; The Jamestown Foundation)
Currie, Kelley (State Armor)
Deal, Jacqueline (Self; State Armor)
Against:
Cheng, Zhengang (Self)
Wu, Xiaoyu (Self)
On:
Ecanow, Natalie (Self; Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD))
Gamache, Kevin (The Texas A&M University System)
Xing, Enge (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self; Williamson County Republican Party)
McVeigh, Andrew (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Russo, Christopher (Self; Texans for Strong Borders)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Lucas, Susan (Self)
On:
Gonzales, Arby (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Cheung, Sunny (Self; State Armour)
Currie, Kelley (State Armor)
Dupuis, Jakob (State Armor Action)
Against:
Cheng, Zhengang (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hausenfluck, Amber (City of McAllen)
Against:
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
For:
Cheung, Sunny (Self; The Jamestown Foundation)
Deal, Jacqueline (Self; State Armor)
London, Dennis (Self)
Lucci, Michael (Self; State Armor)
Xie, Bin (Self)
Against:
Cheng, Zhengang (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
McVeigh, Andrew (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
For:
Cheung, Sunny (Self; The Jamestown Foundation)
Currie, Kelley (State Armor)
Deal, Jacqueline (Self; State Armor)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Lucci, Michael (Self; State Armor)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Cheng, Zhengang (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self; Williamson County Republican Party)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Deal, Jacqueline (Self; State Armor)
Lucci, Michael (Self; State Armor)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
On:
Kidd, Nim (TDEM)
For:
Cheung, Sunny (Self; The Jamestown Foundation)
Currie, Kelley (State Armor)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Du Mee, Matthew (State Armor)
Lucci, Michael (Self; State Armor)
Xie, Bin (Self)
Against:
Cheng, Zhengang (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
London, Dennis (Self)
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