The following testimonies were presented to the Appropriates Committee on February 17, 2017:
Angela George, Colchester Historical Society
Betty Ann Reiter, Groton Public Library
Bina Williams, Bridgeport Library
Bro Adams, National Endowment for the Humanities
Carole Goldberg, Center for the Book
Cathy Fields, Litchfield Historical Society
Dan Bolognani, Housatonic Heritage
David Westmoreland, Norwalk Historical Commission
Elizabeth Norman, CT Explored Magazine
Elizabeth Norman, CT Places Coalition
Esther Mackintosh, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Frank Mitchell, Connecticut Humanities
Gigi Liverant, Colchester Historical Society
Jeff Andersen, Florence Griswold Museum
Julie Hulten, North Haven Historical Society
Kat Lyons, Center for the Book
Raechel Guest, Silas Bronson Library
Rennie McQuilkin, CT Poet Laureate
Robert Forbes, Jewish Historical Society of New Haven
Rose Evans, Columbus Family Academy
Susan Smayda, Southington Library