WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April 28, 2025 - 9:00 AM
For:
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Saucedo-Herrera, Jenna (Greater:SATX)
Valls, John (Robstown Area Development Commission)
Walker, Carl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Wood, Robert (Texas Chemistry Council, Texas Association of Manufacturers, Texas Oil and
Gas Association)
Against:
Miles, Brandon (Tx IAF)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Stilwell, Robin (Self; TMO)
Tristan, Rosalie (Industrial Areas Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Akpan, Erika (NRG Energy)
Baum, Walt (Powering Texans)
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Boggs, Michele (Self; New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce)
Cardwell, Margo (Chevron Phillips Chemical)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Clark, Leah (City of Georgetown)
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
Crowley, Michael (Self; New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce)
Ellmer, Mindy (Lyondellbasell)
Evans, Christin (Enterprise Products)
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Garcia, Buddy (Element Fuels)
Giesinger, Ross (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Granado, Arthur (Self)
Hutchinson, Scott (Entergy Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Landwehr, Martha (BASF)
Lawson, Revlynn (AECT)
Lovett, James (Self; SH 130 Concession Co.)
Montgomery, Rebecca (Greater Arlington Chamber)
Montgomery, Rebecca (Frisco Chamber)
Montgomery, Rebecca (Parker County Chamber)
Montgomery, Rebecca (Hurst Euless Bedford Chamber)
Montgomery, Steve (Fort Worth Chamber)
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For:
Moore, Julie (Oxy)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)
Noonan, Chris (Covestro)
Pate, Dana (Samsung)
Posey, Jake (Bell-Textron)
Redman, Becky (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics)
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemistry Council)
Robinson, Jordan (Round Rock Chamber)
Rodriguez, Marc (North Texas Commission)
Saxon, Lucinda (Texas Association of Staffing)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity Austin)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Tredway, Cade (ExxonMobil)
Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
On:
Caufield, Desiree (Tecas Comptroller of public accounts)
Cruz, Adriana (Texas Economic Development & Tourism, Office of the Governor)
Reynolds, Brad (Texas comptroller of public accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blake, Frances (Texas Association of Builders)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
For:
Bonura, John (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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Against:
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Fletcher, Kevin (AT&T)
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Gessner, Madison (Texas Restaurant Association)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
McCormick, Travis (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)
Saxon, Lucinda (Texas Association of Staffing)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Against:
Clark, Leah (City of Georgetown)
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Burleson, Jennifer (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Reynolds, Brad (Texas comptroller of public accounts)
Against:
Pettigrew, Bryan (Self; Sam Houston Race Park & Retama Park)
Pish, Danny (Self)
On:
North, Victoria (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Becka, Daniel R. (Self; Alpha Lucky Stables, LLC)
Hodge, Daniel (The Chickasaw Nation, National Cutting Horse Association)
Sheffield, Tracy (Texas Thoroughbred Association)
Werstler, Rob (Self; Texas Quarter Horse Association)
On:
Cook, Amy (Texas Racing Commission)
Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public accounts)
For:
Babin, Elizabeth (Self; Texas legislative action committee / community associations institute)
Geslison, Benjamin (HomeWise Docs)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blake, Frances (Texas Association of Builders)
Campbell, Drew (Associa)
Matz, Laura (Texas Community Association Advocates (TCAA))
Poinsett, Royce (HomeWise Doc)
Walker, Carl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Burleson, Jennifer (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Reynolds, Brad (Texas comptroller of public accounts)
For:
Bachar, Yuval (EdgeCloudLink)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chick, Craig (Texas Hydrogen Alliance)
Garcia, Buddy (Element Fuels)
Hadar, Uzi (EdgeCloudLink Inc)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Burleson, Jennifer (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Rudd, Tyler (Wine Institute)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bentley, Matthew (William Chris Vineyards)
Frazier, Kyle (Texas wine and grape growers association)
Granado, Arthur (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Spilman, Tom (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
On:
Maceyra, Andrea (TABC)
Reynolds, Brad (Texas comptroller of public accounts)
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For:
Ching, Rannon (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Jaime, Ivan (Texans for Affordable Food and Medication)
On:
Beebe, Joyce (Baker institute for public policy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Sara (Sysco)
Anton, Pauline (Self; Texas Association of Mexican Ameryjican Chambers of Commerce)
Barksdalw, Jay (Irving - Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce)
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Carter, Janis (Texas federation of Drug Stores)
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
DeAngelo, David (Casey’s General Stores.)
Estrada, David (Texas Retailers Association)
Garza, Michael (Self; Battle Tested Consulting)
Giesinger, Ross (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Gonzales, J. R. (Self; Hispanic Leadership and Management Foundation)
Gonzales, Larry (Feeding Texas)
Guzman, Samuel (Self; Power Up Energy Consultants)
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
Hernandez, Stephanie (Self; Saphire Events)
Holzheauser, Craig (Speedy Stop)
Ibarra, Blanca (Self; Target corporation)
Joiner, Caroline (Amazon)
Kralj, Nicole (Walgreens)
Lara, Christina (Self; Randalls/Tom Thumb (Albertsons Co))
Loesch, Jeff (Self)
Miller, Chris (Target Corporation)
Mohammed, Moiz (Self; Walmart)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)
Olvera, Jonathan (Self; Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce)
Reagan, Karen (McLane Co., Inc.)
Rivera, Juan (Self; Capitol Insurance Agency of Central Texas)
Saldana, Paul (Self; Saldana Public Relations)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity austin)
Shannon, Fred (Sam’s Club)
Shimek, Brady (Self; Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy)
Valdez, Jerry (Texas Pharmacy Business Council/American Pharmacies)
Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
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For:
Walker, Christopher (Self; PepsiCo)
Wilkes, Morris (United Supermarkets)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
For:
Sealy, Bill (Sealy & Smith Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Boleman, Chris (Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Showalter, James (Self; Ennergy Access Innovations LLC)
Stover, Mark (Texas Solar and Storage Association)
Villarreal, Tori (Base Power Company)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clements, Doug (Sunrun)
Giese, Daniel (Solar energy industries association)
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Simmons, Carrie (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Bristol, David (Town if Prosper)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clark, Leah (City of Georgetown)
Pitts, Kevin (City of Georgetown)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Reissig, Mike (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blake, Frances (Texas Association of Builders)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, Janis (Texas federation of Drug Stores)
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Ching, Rannon (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)
Reagan, Karen (McLane Co., Inc.)
Valdez, Jerry (Texas Pharmacy Business Council/American Pharmacies)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
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