I recently attended public committee hearings at the Legislative Building in Concord on some bills being considered for a vote in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. While waiting for my turn to be called to testify before the committee, I noticed several out-of-state people being called to testify before me. This was infuriating. I asked Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs Chairman MacDonald why out-of-state people were being allowed to testify before the committee before me. His response was that there were no rules as to who gets to testify before anyone. This is outrageous. I do not understand why people from out of state are allowed to come into our state to testify and influence our legislature anyway. To me, it’s akin to voting in a state in which you don’t reside. I can understand having an expert in a certain field be allowed to come in from out of state to testify about a bill, but these people were not experts. They were out-of-staters who didn’t like freedom and diversity and who came to New Hampshire to influence our legislators. This should not be allowed.

Diana George

Hancock