WITNESS LIST
Border Security
April 10, 2025 8:00 AM
FOR:
Esparza, John President (Self; Texas Trucking Association), Austin, TX
ON:
Villareal, Omar (Texas DPS), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Deline, Steven (Self), Austin, TX
Espinoza, Raquel (Self; Union Pacific Railroad), Spring, TX
Flatt, Bryan Government Affairs (TMPA), Austin, TX
Kearns, Dennis General Counsel (Texas Railroad Association), Austin, TX
Rendon, Cheyenne (Self; Society of Native Nations), San Antonio, TX
Taliaferro, Aaron Director government relations (Tarrant County Administrator's Office),
Fort worth, TX
Tamayo, Elisa M. Governmental Affairs Manager (El Paso County), El Paso, TX
Thompson, Rick Legislative Director (County Judges and Commissioners Association of
Texas), Austin, TX
FOR:
Esparza, John President (Self; Texas Trucking Association), Austin, TX
ON:
Villareal, Omar (Texas DPS), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Espinoza, Raquel (Self; Union Pacific Railroad), Spring, TX
Flatt, Bryan Government Affairs (TMPA), Austin, TX
Kearns, Dennis General Counsel (Texas Railroad Association), Austin, TX
Sanders, Joshua Chief of Intergovernmental Affairs (City of Houston), Houston, TX
Taliaferro, Aaron Director government relations (Tarrant County Administrator's Office),
Fort worth, TX
Tamayo, Elisa M. Governmental Affairs Manager (El Paso County), El Paso, TX
Thompson, Rick Legislative Director (County Judges and Commissioners Association of
Texas), Austin, TX
FOR:
Blair, Ammon Senior Fellow (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas), Dripping Springs, TX
Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project), Austin, TX
ON:
Ahlschwede, Tonya 452 nd District Attorney (Border Prosecution Unit), Mason, TX
Hicks, Matt (Texas DPS), Austin, TX
WITNESS LIST
Border Security
April 10, 2025 8:00 AM
Rhyne, George Administrator - TAG Center Houston (Self; Texas Anti-Gang Center -
Harris County Sheriff Office), Houston, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Flatt, Bryan Government Affairs (TMPA), Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Buchanan, Lillian Dr. (Self), Austin, TX
Deline, Steven (Self), Austin, TX
Meyers, Karen (Self), Austin, TX
ON:
Morales, Jose Administrator texas anti-gang center (Self; San antonio texas anti gang
center), San antonio tx, TX
Williamson, Kyle Administrator, West Texas Anti-Gang Center (Self; West Texas Anti-
Gang Center), El Paso, TX
ON:
Harmon, Dan Aviation Division Director (TxDOT), Austin, TX
Kolb, Bryan (Texas DPS), Austin, TX
Tomerlin, William (Texas DPS), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
AGAINST:
Deline, Steven (Self), Austin, TX
ON:
Bazan, Luis Pharr International Bridge Director (Pharr International Bridge/ City of Pharr),
Pharr, Texas, TX
Benavidez, Rose President (Starr County Industrial Foundation), Texas, TX
Brandt, Shannon Tax Policy Counsel (Comptroller of Public Accounts), Austin, TX
Daniels, Julian (Comptroller of Public Accounts), Austin, TX
Froh, Brett Lieutenant (Comptroller of Public Accounts), Austin, TX
Lucio, Eddie (Titan Fuel), Austin, TX
Pritzlaff, Craig Director, Office of Compliance and Enforcement (Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality), Austin, TX
Scott, Justin Chief (Comptroller of Public Accounts), Austin, TX
Vale, Robert Vice president (Starr camargo bridge), Mcallen, TX
Villareal, Omar (Texas DPS), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Esparza, John President (Self; Texas Trucking Association), Austin, TX
Espinoza, Raquel (Self; Union Pacific Railroad), Spring, TX
Flatt, Bryan Government Affairs (TMPA), Austin, TX
Kearns, Dennis General Counsel (Texas Railroad Association), Austin, TX
Sanders, Joshua Chief of Intergovernmental Affairs (City of Houston), Houston, TX
WITNESS LIST
Border Security
April 10, 2025 8:00 AM
Thompson, Rick Legislative Director (County Judges and Commissioners Association of
Texas), Austin, TX