tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57514137053602396092011-12-19T09:42:28.334-08:00Faith Chatham...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15842753099519084220noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751413705360239609.post-86886354229748588982009-06-18T17:46:00.000-07:002009-06-18T18:43:58.560-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_riGfGJgcmmU/Sjrso5w_XiI/AAAAAAAAAng/jJYYGHWtBx4/s1600-h/TxSenatebtn.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_riGfGJgcmmU/Sjrso5w_XiI/AAAAAAAAAng/jJYYGHWtBx4/s320/TxSenatebtn.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348847694901108258" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" summary="3 column layout of List of senators by name" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div align="left"><strong><strong>TX Senate members in 81st Legislative Session: </strong></strong><br /> <a href="http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members.htm#members" target="_blank">http://www.senate.state.tx.us/<wbr>75r/senate/members.htm#members</a></div></td> </tr></tbody><tbody> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="32%"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><strong>Administration Committee</strong> <p> </p> <ol><li>Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, chairman (new member) <a href="mailto:Tommy.Williams@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Tommy.Williams<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> </li><li>Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, vice chairman <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <a href="mailto:Carlos.Uresti@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Carlos.Uresti@<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a></span> </li><li>Steve Ogden, R-Bryan (new) <a href="mailto:Steve.Ogden@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Steve.Ogden<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Florence Shapiro, R-Plano<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <a href="mailto:Florence.Shapiro@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Florence.Shapiro@<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a></span> </li><li>Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio<br /></li><li> <a href="mailto:Jeff.Wentworth@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Jeff.Wentworth<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>John Whitmire, D-Houston</li><li> <a href="mailto:John.Whitmire@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">John.Whitmire<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo </li><li><a href="mailto:Judith.Zaffirini@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Judith.Zaffirini<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee</strong> (new, was a subcommittee) </p> <ol><li>Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, chairman <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Craig.Estes@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Craig.Estes@Senate.State.Tx.US</a></span></u> </li><li>Carlos Uresti, vice chairman (new, was member of subcommittee) </li><li><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Carlos.Uresti@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Carlos.Uresti@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a></span></u> </li><li>Glenn Hegar, R-Katy </li><li><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Glenn.Hegar@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Glenn.Hegar@Senate.State.Tx.US</a></span></u><wbr> </li><li>Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen </li><li><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Juan.Hinojosa@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Juan.Hinojosa@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</a></span></u> </li><li>Mike Jackson, R-La Porte </li><li><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Mike.Jackson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Mike.Jackson@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a></span></u></li></ol> <div><strong>Business and Commerce Committee</strong> </div> <ol><li>Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, chairman <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Troy.Fraser@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Troy.Fraser@Senate.State.Tx.US</a></span></u> </li><li>Chris Harris, R-Arlington, vice chairman <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Chris.Harris@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Chris.Harris@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a></span></u> </li><li>Kip Averitt, R-Waco<br /><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Kip.Averitt@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kip.Averitt@Senate.State.Tx.US</a></span></u> </li><li>Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Kevin.Eltife@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Kevin.Eltife@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a></span></u> </li><li>Mike Jackson, R-La Porte (new) <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Mike.Jackson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Mike.Jackson@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a></span></u> </li><li>Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Eddie.Lucio@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Eddie.Lucio@Senate.State.Tx.US</a></span></u><wbr> </li><li>Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Leticia.VandePutte@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Leticia.VandePutte@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</a></span></u> </li><li>Kirk Watson, D-Austin <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Kirk.Watson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Kirk.Watson</a></span></u><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></li></ol> <p><strong>Criminal Justice Committee</strong> </p> <ol><li>John Whitmire, D-Houston, chairman <a href="mailto:John.Whitmire@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">John.Whitmire<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, vice chairman <a href="mailto:Kel.Seliger@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kel.Seliger<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>John Carona, R-Dallas (new) <a href="mailto:John.Carona@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">John.Carona@Senate.State.Tx.US</a><wbr> </li><li>Rodney Ellis, D-Houston<br /><a href="mailto:Rodney.Ellis@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Rodney.Ellis<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Glenn Hegar, R-Katy <a href="mailto:Glenn.Hegar@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Glenn.Hegar<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen<br /><a href="mailto:Juan.Hinojosa@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Juan.Hinojosa<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Dan Patrick, R-Houston (new) <a href="mailto:Dan.Patrick@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Dan.Patrick<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li></ol> <p><strong>Economic Development Committee</strong> (new, was a subcommittee) </p> <ol><li>Chris Harris, R-Arlington, chairman (new) <a href="mailto:Chris.Harris@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Chris.Harris<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, vice chair (new) <a href="mailto:Kevin.Eltife@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kevin.Eltife<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Robert Deuell, R-Greenville (new) <a href="mailto:Robert.Deuell@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Deuell<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Kirk Watson, D-Austin<br /><a href="mailto:Kirk.Watson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kirk.Watson<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo (new) <a href="mailto:Judith.Zaffirini@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Judith.Zaffirini<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a> </li></ol> <p><strong>Education Committee</strong> </p> <ol><li>Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, chair <a href="mailto:Florence.Shapiro@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Florence.Shapiro@<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Dan Patrick, R-Houston, vice chairman (new) <a href="mailto:Dan.Patrick@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Dan.Patrick<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Kip Averitt, R-Waco <a href="mailto:Kip.Averitt@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Kip.Averitt<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth (new) <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Wendy.Davis@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Wendy.Davis@Senate.State.Tx.US</a></span></u><wbr> </li><li>Mario Gallegos, D-Houston (new) <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Mario.Gallegos@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Mario.Gallegos@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</a></span></u> </li><li>Steve Ogden, R-Bryan<br /><a href="mailto:Steve.Ogden@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Steve.Ogden<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio <a href="mailto:Leticia.VandePutte@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Leticia.VandePutte<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Royce West, D-Dallas<br /><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><a href="mailto:Royce.West@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Royce.West@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</a></span></u> </li><li>Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands <a href="mailto:Tommy.Williams@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Tommy.Williams<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>Finance Committee</strong> </p> <ol><li>Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, chairman <a href="mailto:Steve.Ogden@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Steve.Ogden<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, vice chairman (new) <a href="mailto:Juan.Hinojosa@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Juan.Hinojosa<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Kip Averitt, R-Waco<br /><a href="mailto:Kip.Averitt@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kip.Averitt<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Robert Deuell, R-Greenville<br /><a href="mailto:Robert.Deuell@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Deuell<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock<br /><a href="mailto:Robert.Duncan@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Duncan<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler<br /><a href="mailto:Kevin.Eltife@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kevin.Eltife@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a> </li><li>Chris Harris, R-Arlington (new)<br /><a href="mailto:Chris.Harris@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Chris.Harris<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville <a href="mailto:Eddie.Lucio@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Eddie.Lucio@Senate.State.Tx.US</a><wbr> </li><li>Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville <a href="mailto:Jane.Nelson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Jane.Nelson<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo (new)<br /><a href="mailto:Kel.Seliger@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kel.Seliger<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Florence Shapiro, R-Plano<br /><a href="mailto:Florence.Shapiro@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Florence.Shapiro@<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Sen<wbr>ate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Royce West, D-Dallas<br /><a href="mailto:Royce.West@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Royce.West@Senate.State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>John Whitmire, D-Houston <a href="mailto:John.Whitmire@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />John.Whitmire<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands <a href="mailto:Tommy.Williams@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Tommy.Williams<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo <a href="mailto:Judith.Zaffirini@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Judith.Zaffirini<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>Government Organization Committee</strong> </p> <ol><li>Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, chairman <a href="mailto:Rodney.Ellis@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Rodney.Ellis<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, vice chairman <a href="mailto:Glenn.Hegar@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Glenn.Hegar@Senate.State.Tx.US</a><wbr> </li><li>Joan Huffman, R-Houston (new)<br /><a href="mailto:Joan.Huffman@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Joan.Huffman<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville (new) <a href="mailto:Eddie.Lucio@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Eddie.Lucio@Senate.State.Tx.US</a><wbr> </li><li>Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville<br /><a href="mailto:Jane.Nelson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Jane.Nelson<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Steve Ogden, R-Bryan (new)<br /><a href="mailto:Steve.Ogden@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Steve.Ogden<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>John Whitmire, D-Houston <a href="mailto:John.Whitmire@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />John.Whitmire<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>Health and Human Services Committee</strong> </p> <ol><li>Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville, chair<br /><a href="mailto:Jane.Nelson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Jane.Nelson<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Robert Deuell, R-Greenville, vice chair <a href="mailto:Robert.Deuell@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Deuell<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Joan Huffman, R-Houston (new) <a href="mailto:Joan.Huffman@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Joan.Huffman<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville<br /><a href="mailto:Robert.Nichols@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Nichols<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> </li><li>Dan Patrick, R-Houston<br /><a href="mailto:Dan.Patrick@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Dan.Patrick<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso <a href="mailto:Eliot.Shapleigh@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Eliot.Shapleigh<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio <a href="mailto:Carlos.Uresti@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Carlos.Uresti@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a> </li><li>Royce West, D-Dallas <a href="mailto:Royce.West@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Royce.West@Senate.State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo <a href="mailto:Judith.Zaffirini@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Judith.Zaffirini<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>Higher Education Committee</strong> (new, was a subcommittee) </p> <ol><li>Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, chair<br /><a href="mailto:Judith.Zaffirini@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Judith.Zaffirini<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Dan Patrick, R-Houston, vice chairman (new, was member of subcommittee) <a href="mailto:Dan.Patrick@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Dan.Patrick<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Kip Averitt, R-Waco<br /><a href="mailto:Kip.Averitt@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kip.Averitt<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock (new) <a href="mailto:Robert.Duncan@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Duncan<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Royce West, D-Dallas<br /><a href="mailto:Royce.West@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Royce.West@Senate.State.Tx.US</a></li></ol> <p><strong>Intergovernmental Relations Committee</strong> </p> <ol><li>Royce West, D-Dallas, chairman <a href="mailto:Royce.West@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Royce.West@Senate.State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville <a href="mailto:Robert.Nichols@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Robert.<wbr>Nichols<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Mario Gallegos, D-Houston <a href="mailto:Mario.Gallegos@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Mario.Gallegos@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Dan Patrick, R-Houston<br /><a href="mailto:Dan.Patrick@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Dan.Patrick<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio<br /><a href="mailto:Jeff.Wentworth@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Jeff.Wentworth<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>Subcommittee on Flooding and Evacuations</strong> </p> <ol><li>Mario Gallegos, D-Houston, chairman <a href="mailto:Mario.Gallegos@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Mario.Gallegos@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</a> </li><li>Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville<br /><a href="mailto:Robert.Nichols@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Nichols</a><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<a href="http://senate.state.tx.us/" target="_blank">Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</a></span></u> </li><li>Dan Patrick, R-Houston<br /><a href="mailto:Dan.Patrick@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Dan.Patrick<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>International Relations and Trade</strong> </p> <ol><li>Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, chairman <a href="mailto:Eddie.Lucio@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Eddie.Lucio@Senate.State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, vice chairman (new) <a href="mailto:Kel.Seliger@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kel.Seliger<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth (new)<br /><a href="mailto:Wendy.Davis@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Wendy.Davis@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls <a href="mailto:Craig.Estes@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Craig.Estes@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay<br /><a href="mailto:Tony.Fraser@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Tony.Fraser<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Mario Gallegos, D-Houston<br /><a href="mailto:Mario.Gallegos@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Mario.Gallegos@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</a> </li><li>Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands (new) <a href="mailto:Tommy.Williams@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Tommy.Williams<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>Jurisprudence Committee</strong> </p> <ol><li>Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, chairman<br /><a href="mailto:Jeff.Wentworth@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Jeff.Wentworth<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Mario Gallegos, D-Houston, vice chairman (new) <a href="mailto:Mario.Gallegos@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Mario.Gallegos@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</a> </li><li>John Carona, R-Dallas <a href="mailto:John.Carona@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />John.Carona<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock <a href="mailto:Robert.Duncan@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Robert.Duncan<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Chris Harris, R-Arlington<br /><a href="mailto:Chris.Harris@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Chris.Harris<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen <a href="mailto:Juan.Hinojosa@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Juan.Hinojosa<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Kirk Watson, D-Austin<br /><a href="mailto:Kirk.Watson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kirk.Watson<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>Natural Resources</strong> </p> <ol><li>Kip Averitt, R-Waco, chairman <a href="mailto:Kip.Averitt@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Kip.Averitt<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, vice chairman <a href="mailto:Craig.Estes@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Craig.Estes@Senate.State.Tx.US</a><wbr> </li><li>Robert Deuell, R-Greenville <a href="mailto:Robert.Deuell@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Robert.Deuell<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock<br /><a href="mailto:Robert.Duncan@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Duncan<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler <a href="mailto:Kevin.Eltife@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Kevin.Eltife@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a> </li><li>Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay (new) <a href="mailto:Tony.Fraser@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Tony.Fraser<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Glenn Hegar, R-Katy<br /><a href="mailto:Glenn.Hegar@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Glenn.Hegar@Senate.State.Tx.US</a><wbr> </li><li>Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen<br /><a href="mailto:Juan.Hinojosa@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Juan.Hinojosa<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Mike Jackson, R-LaPorte<br /><a href="mailto:Mike.Jackson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Mike.Jackson@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a> </li><li>Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo <a href="mailto:Kel.Seliger@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Kel.Seliger<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio<br /><a href="mailto:Carlos.Uresti@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Carlos.Uresti@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a></li></ol> <p><strong>Nominations Committee</strong> </p> <ol><li>Mike Jackson, R-La Porte, chairman <a href="mailto:Mike.Jackson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Mike.Jackson@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a> </li><li>Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, vice chairman <a href="mailto:Kevin.Eltife@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kevin.Eltife@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</a> </li><li>Glenn Hegar, R-Katy <a href="mailto:Glenn.Hegar@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Glenn.Hegar@Senate.State.Tx.US</a><wbr> </li><li>Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville <a href="mailto:Jane.Nelson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Jane.Nelson<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville<br /><a href="mailto:Robert.Nichols@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Nichols</a><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<a href="http://senate.state.tx.us/" target="_blank">Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</a></span></u> </li><li>Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso <a href="mailto:Eliot.Shapleigh@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Eliot.Shapleigh<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Kirk Watson, D-Austin<br /><a href="mailto:Kirk.Watson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kirk.Watson<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>State Affairs Committee</strong> </p> <ol><li>Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, chairman <a href="mailto:Robert.Duncan@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Duncan<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Robert Deuell, R-Greenville, vice chairman (new) <a href="mailto:Robert.Deuell@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Deuell<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>John Carona, R-Dallas <a href="mailto:John.Carona@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />John.Carona<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Rodney Ellis, D-Houston <a href="mailto:Rodney.Ellis@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Rodney.Ellis<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay <a href="mailto:Tony.Fraser@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Tony.Fraser<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Chris Harris, R-Arlington <a href="mailto:Chris.Harris@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Chris.Harris<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Mike Jackson, R-La Porte<br /><a href="mailto:Mike.Jackson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Mike.Jackson@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville<br /><a href="mailto:Eddie.Lucio@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Eddie.Lucio@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio <a href="mailto:Leticia.VandePutte@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Leticia.VandePutte<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>Transportation and Homeland Security</strong> </p> <ol><li>John Carona, R-Dallas, chairman <a href="mailto:John.Carona@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">John.Carona<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Kirk Watson, D-Austin, vice chairman <a href="mailto:Kirk.Watson@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Kirk.Watson<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a><wbr> </li><li>Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth (new) <a href="mailto:Wendy.Davis@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Wendy.Davis@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Rodney Ellis, D-Houston <a href="mailto:Rodney.Ellis@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank"><br />Rodney.Ellis<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a> </li><li>Joan Huffman, R-Houston (new)<br /><a href="mailto:Joan.Huffman@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Joan.Huffman<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville<br /><a href="mailto:Robert.Nichols@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Robert.Nichols<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Florence Shapiro, R-Plano<br /><a href="mailto:Florence.Shapiro@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Florence.Shapiro@<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso<br /><a href="mailto:Eliot.Shapleigh@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Eliot.Shapleigh<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio<br /><a href="mailto:Jeff.Wentworth@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Jeff.Wentworth<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>Veterans Affairs and Military Installations</strong> </p> <ol><li>Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, chair <a href="mailto:Leticia.VandePutte@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Leticia.VandePutte<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, vice chair <a href="mailto:Eliot.Shapleigh@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Eliot.Shapleigh<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.<wbr>Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth (new) <a href="mailto:Wendy.Davis@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Wendy.Davis@Senate.State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls<br /><a href="mailto:Craig.Estes@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Craig.Estes@Senate.State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Joan Huffman, R-Houston (new) <a href="mailto:Joan.Huffman@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Joan.Huffman<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US</span></u></a></li></ol> <p><strong>Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure</strong> </p> <ol><li>Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, chairman<br /><a href="mailto:Eliot.Shapleigh@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Eliot.Shapleigh<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@<wbr>Senate.State.Tx.US</span></u></a> </li><li>Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls<br /><a href="mailto:Craig.Estes@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Craig.Estes@Senate.<wbr>State.Tx.US</a> </li><li>Joan Huffman, R-Houston (new) <a href="mailto:Joan.Huffman@Senate.State.Tx.US" target="_blank">Joan.Huffman<u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">@Senate.State.Tx.<wbr>US<br /></span></u></a></li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5751413705360239609-8688635422974858898?l=dfwrccaction.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Faith Chatham...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15842753099519084220noreply@blogger.com0