We expect lots of good things from this committee, but if there are no good bills that make it out of the committee, we will only have the Democrats to blame, since there are 7 Democrats and only 2 Republicans on the committee.
Aaron Pena (D)
Vice Chair Allen Vaught (D)
CBO Debbie Riddle (R)
Terri Hodge (D)
Juan Escobar (D)
Barbara Mallory Caraway (D)
Paul Moreno (D)
Paula Pierson (D)
Robert Talton (R)
How many of of these committee members voted for last session’s most embarassing HB 1476 (Sexy Cheerleading)?
No one who voted for HB 1476 has the character to work on this important committee.
We’ll have to rely on Terri Hodge, Juan Escobar, Barbara Caraway, Paul Moreno, and Paula Pierson to stop the grandstanding and self-promoting tendencies of the gutless dregs who wound up on this committee.
To answer your question:
Riddle was a co-author of HB 1476 and voted for it. Talton and Pena also voted for it. Escobar, Hodge and Moreno voted against it. The other 3 members of this committee were first elected to the Legislature in 2006.
Apart form the corrections noted below, according to the House Journal, members voting yes were: Allen, R.; Anderson; Bailey; Baxter; Berman; Bohac; Branch;
Brown, B.; Callegari; Campbell; Casteel; Chavez; Chisum; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Crownover; Dawson; Delisi; Denny; Deshotel; Driver; Edwards; Eissler; Elkins; Flynn; Gattis; Goodman; Goolsby; Grusendorf; Haggerty; Hamilton;
Hardcastle; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hegar; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hope;
Howard; Hughes; Hunter; Isett; Jackson; Jones, J.; Keel; Keffer, B.; Keffer, J.;
King, P.; Krusee; Kuempel; Laubenberg; Luna; Madden; McCall; Merritt; Miller;
Moreno, J.; Morrison; Mowery; Nixon; Orr; Otto; Paxton; Pen˜ a; Phillips; Pitts;
Quintanilla; Reyna; Riddle; Rose; Seaman; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee;
Solomons; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Truitt; Van Arsdale; West; Wong; Zedler.
Members voting no on HB 1476 were:
Allen, A.; Alonzo; Anchia; Blake; Brown, F.; Burnam; Castro;
Coleman; Cook, R.; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland;
Escobar; Farabee; Farrar; Flores; Frost; Gallego; Geren; Gonzales; Gonzalez
Toureilles; Griggs; Hamric; Herrero; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Hupp; Jones, D.;
Kolkhorst; Laney; Leibowitz; Martinez Fischer; McClendon; McReynolds;
Menendez; Moreno, P.; Naishtat; Noriega, M.; Oliveira; Olivo; Pickett; Ritter;
Rodriguez; Solis; Strama; Thompson; Turner; Uresti; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo.
Present, not voting—Mr. Speaker(C); Bonnen; King, T.
Absent, Excused—Martinez; Straus; Woolley.
Absent—Giddings; Guillen; Puente; Raymond.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
I was shown voting yes on Record No. 503. I intended to vote no.
B. Cook
I was shown voting no on Record No. 503. I intended to vote yes.
Gallego
When Record No. 503 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have
voted yes.
Guillen
I was shown voting yes on Record No. 503. I intended to vote present, not
voting.
Hunter
I was shown voting yes on Record No. 503. I intended to vote no.
Krusee
I was shown voting no on Record No. 503. I intended to vote yes.
Menendez
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I was shown voting yes on Record No. 503. I intended to vote no.
J. Moreno
I was shown voting yes on Record No. 503. I intended to vote no.
Quintanilla
I was shown voting no on Record No. 503. I intended to vote yes.
Turner
http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/hjrnl/79r/pdf/79rday62final.pdf#page=102