WITNESS LIST HB 1268 HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee March 19, 2025 - 8:00 AM For : Ford, Victoria (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute) Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business) Kaiser, Brent (Self; Space Force Association (SFA) - TX Gulf Coast Chapter President; TX Space Alliance Partner; National Security Innovation Council (NSIC) Member; Space Workforce Incubator For TX (SWIFT) Ambassador;) Registering, but not testifying: For : Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council) Alexander, Laura (Greater Houston Partnership) Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston) Burdett, Jeff (NFIB) Bush, Kyle (Texas Association of Manufacturers) Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County) Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber) Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin) Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Healthcare Bioscience Institute) Kroll, John (Self; HMWK, LLC) Leo, Myra (GlaxoSmithKline GSK) McPhail, Ashley (Texas Medical Center) Parkinson, Thomas (Self) Rose, Denise (AstraZeneca) Ross, Susan (Johnson & Johnson) Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court) Soto, Renzo (TechNet) Woomer, Eric (Biotechnology Innovation Organization) Against : Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office) 1
WITNESS LIST
HB 1268
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee
March 19, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For :
Ford, Victoria (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Kaiser, Brent (Self; Space Force Association (SFA) - TX Gulf Coast Chapter President; TX
Space Alliance Partner; National Security Innovation Council (NSIC) Member; Space
Workforce Incubator For TX (SWIFT) Ambassador;)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Alexander, Laura (Greater Houston Partnership)
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Burdett, Jeff (NFIB)
Bush, Kyle (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Healthcare Bioscience Institute)
Kroll, John (Self; HMWK, LLC)
Leo, Myra (GlaxoSmithKline GSK)
McPhail, Ashley (Texas Medical Center)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rose, Denise (AstraZeneca)
Ross, Susan (Johnson & Johnson)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Soto, Renzo (TechNet)
Woomer, Eric (Biotechnology Innovation Organization)
Against :
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
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