WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
April 7, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bresnen, Steve (Self; Texas Campaign for Mothers)
Brown, Charles Edward Lee (Self)
De La Garza-Barone, Heather (Texas Hospital Association)
Fox, Taylor (Self)
Fuller, Dr. Deborah (Texas Medical Association)
Harrison, Jody (Self; Texas Impact)
Hernandez, Katrina (Self)
Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)
Kincheloe, Laura (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
Knudtson Stroud, Brooke (Self)
Leenerts, Ashley (Texas Right to Life)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Miles-Wallace, Keats (Self; Texas Impact)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Montemayor, Alicia (Self)
Newton, Amanda (Self)
Nitschke, Brad (Parkland Health)
O'Donnell, Amy (Texas Alliance for Life)
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Russell, Tanya (Self)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Silva, Dr. Ezequiel “Zeke” (Texas Medical Association)
Sweeney, Cathy (Self)
Van de Putte, Dr. Nichole (Texas Medical Assocaition)
Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life)
Against:
Ditty, Lauren (Self)
Edwards, Taylor (Self)
Flores, Yaneth (Self; Avow Texas)
Harrison, Sarah (Self)
Jamal, Hanna (Self; Fund texas choice)
Kash, Kaitlyn (Self)
Marotta, Gwynn (Self)
Myers, Elizabeth (Self)
Spence, Katie (Self)
Tackett, Mendi (Self)
Yarbrough, Jace (Self)
On:
Caballero, Darcy (Planned Parenthood Texas Votes)
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values)
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On:
Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)
Seibert, Denise (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Sara (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Banning, Tom (Self; Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Bresnen, Amy (Self; Texas Campaign for Mothers)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter of the American College Cardiology)
Carrascal, Isabella (Self)
Cason, Diana (Self)
Cowles, Lynn (Every Texan)
Doolittlee, Dorothy (Self)
Forester, Diana (Texans care for children)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Green, Shelton (American Academy of Physician Associates)
Guthrie, Tanya (Self)
Hardy-Garcia, Dianne (Self)
Henderson, John (Self; TORCH)
Houston, Carrie (Self)
KNIGHT, ANITA (Self)
Lauener, Autumn (Self)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Lyra, Mackenzie (Texas Health Resources)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
McCabe, Libby (Self; Texas Campaign for Mothers)
Moorhead, Bee (Self; Texas Impact)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Nguyen, Khoi (Self)
O’Gorman, Lily (Self)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
Polito, Cath (Self)
Reeves, Deborah (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Riley, Kyle (Self; Texas Impact)
Rose, Mary (Self)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every Body Texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Van de Putte, Leticia (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants)
Weihs, Diana (Self)
Against:
Alvarado, Andrea (Self; National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice)
Bay, Alexis (Self; Frontera Fund)
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Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Candelario, Rosemary (Self; Texas Equal Access Fund)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Conner, Kamyon (Self; Texas Equal Access Fund)
Davé, Neesha (Self; Lilith Fund)
Garza, Aileen (Self; Frontera Fund)
Gonzalez Lugo, Servey (Self; Frontera Fund)
Guevara, Emma (Self; Frontera Fund)
Hairston, Andrew (Self; Frontera Fund)
Harriston, Andrew (Self; Frontera Fund)
Jimenez, Jose (Self)
Medina, Fay (Self; Frontera Fund)
Moyers, Kimberly (Self)
Murphey, Dr. Dona (Self; Woori Juntos)
Perkins, Crystal (Self)
Ribera, Sydney (Self; Frontera Fund)
Riley, Katherine (Self; Frontera Fund)
Rivera Pena, Sofia (Self; Frontera Fund)
Syed, Sarah (Self; Woori Juntos)
Torres, Cathryn (Self; Frontera fund)
Vasquez, Fabian (Self; Frontera Fund)
Zamora, Zaena (Self; Frontera Fund)
Zurawski, Amanda (Self)
For:
Gattis, Dan (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Polk, Jr, Carl Ray (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Against:
Carpenter, Barry (Upside Foods)
Grant, Doug (Atlantic Fish Co; The Association of Meat,Poultry,and Seafood Innovation)
Kam, Katie (Self; BioBQ)
Valeti, Uma (UPSIDE Foods)
On:
Stifflemire, Sofia (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum, President)
Cowden, Craig (Self; Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Dreibelbis, Justin (Texas Wildlife Association)
Johnson, Ed (Self)
Laney, J Pete (Texas Association of Dairymen)
Leathers, Joe (Self; Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Little, Cooper (Independent Cattlemen’s Association of Texas)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Morris, Joe (Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association)
Sebesta, Annabelle (Texas Poultry Federation)
Smith, Currie (Self; Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Smith, Dale (Self; Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Against:
Faudoa, Dr. Rodolfo (CellCrine)
Gerber, Suzi (Association for Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Innovation)
Lauener, Autumn (Self)
Toubia, Didier (Aleph Farms)
On:
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aliff, Tanner (Self)
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Against:
Richmond, Travis (CHRISTUS Health)
For:
Aliff, Tanner (Self)
Armstrong, Nicholas (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Aronin, Patricia (Self; TX400, Texas Physicians for Patients PAC)
Khattab, Inas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McCormick, Travis (Make Texans Healthy Again)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
On:
Palazola, Christopher (Texas Medical Board)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Bates, Jim (Self; Funeral Consumers Alliance)
Benton, Richard (Earth Funeral)
Against:
Greene, Madeleine (TCCB)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Del Bosque, Nora (SCI)
Green, Kathy (AARP Texas)
Moyers, Kimberly (Self)
Perkins, Crystal (Self)
Against:
Vallie, Bill (Self; Texas Funeral Directors Association)
For:
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Against:
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aliff, Tanner (Self)
Crownover, Buffy (Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare)
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Against:
Clardy, Travis (Texas Health Care Association)
Jones, Alyssa (Baylor Scott and White Health)
Moreno, Jesus (Texas Health Care Association)
Richmond, Travis (CHRISTUS Health)
Snyder, Rick (Self; HeartPlace PLLC, Texas Independent Physician Practice Association)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Dermatological Society, Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society)
On:
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Assn)
Wassdorf, Will (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hernandez, Ezequiel (PTSD Foundation of America)
Mabry, Timothy (Self)
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For:
Navarro, Frank (Self)
On:
Thomas, Hannah (Self; Department of the Army Criminal Investigations Division)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fuller, Miitch (Self; VFW Dept of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kaufman, Lisa (USAA)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Miller, Clark (Texas State Troopers Association)
Moyers, Kimberly (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Seibert, Denise (Self)
Soto, Mark (Self; Saint Hedwig Marshal’s Office)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
West, William (The American Legion, Dept of Texas)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
On:
Grissom, Cullen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
McEntyre, George (Health and Human Services Commission)
Reyero, Greg (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Vasek, Heather (Oceans Healthcare and Acadia Healthcare)
On:
Buelna, Alexander (Health and Human Services Commission)
Homsy, Suling (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Basalay, Erin (Texas Association of Behavioral Health Systems)
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Johnson, Michael (Texas Association of Behavioral Health Systems)
Mabry, Timothy (Self)
Moyers, Kimberly (Self)
Peeler, Robert (Signature Healthcare)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Bryan, Brandon (Self; Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS))
Capone, Amber (Self; VETS: Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions, Inc.)
Capone, Marcus (Self; VETS: Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions, Inc.)
Elsass, Laurie (The R.E.I.D. Foundation)
Fuller, Mitch (Self; VFW Dept of Texas)
Hubbard, W. Bryan (Self; REID Foundation)
Luttrell, Marcus (Self)
Meyer, Dakota (Self)
Orlando, Rocco (Self)
Rowan, Chase (Self)
Singh Achrol, Achal (Self)
Thompson, Chris (Self; Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Autry, Evan (American Society of Ketamine Physicians, Psychotherapists & Practioners)
Barcroft, Jack (Self)
Brennan, Jim (Self; Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Coppedge, Garrett (Veterans Mental Health Leadership Coalition)
Cuevas, Jo Cassandra (Self)
Davidson, Logan (Grunt Style Foundation)
Jackson, Kacee (Self)
Kelly, Mackenzie (Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute)
Owen, Jasmine (Breakthrough Therapies Initiative)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Sanchez, Louie (Texans For Greater Mental Health)
Stapleton, AnneClaire (Self)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
Tower, Houston (Self; Austin EMS Association)
Against:
Mabry, Timothy (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
For:
Ford, Victoria (Self)
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
On:
Ballast, Kerry (Texas Workforce Commission)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
Jimenez, Monica (Texas Nurses Association)
Kincheloe, Laura (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
Martin, Mckenzie (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Morehead, Tracy (Nueces County Hospital District)
Poinsett, Royce (Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every Body Texas)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Ford, Victoria (Self)
Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)
On:
Farris, James (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brannan, Ryan (Brannan LLC)
Jimenez, Monica (Texas Nurses Association)
Kincheloe, Laura (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
Martin, Mckenzie (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every Body Texas)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Against:
Moyers, Kimberly (Self)
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