Kelly Ayotte: “I want to welcome our witnesses and thank them for appearing today.”

I said from day one we wouldn’t let beautiful areas of our state become a dumping ground for out-of-state trash.

As a proud product of New Hampshire public schools, I believe providing every child the opportunity and choice to attend a public school is important and necessary.

While I fully support education freedom allowing every child to be in the learning environment best for them, including innovative public charter schools, I cannot envision a future that does not include public schools.

Before the Boston Tea Party, we had the Pine Tree Riots here in New Hampshire. That's because the British tried to come in and tax our pine trees and take them for their own, and we said no way.