I get the feeling that at least some people are afraid to speak in a public committee meeting, but you really do not have to do that and may only have to say three words from the chairs.

Again, not an expert, but this is what I have seen.  If you check the video in this link and go to 1:20:40, you will see the chair of the committee reading a form from somebody present in chambers and recording their position. The person not even seen in the video says three words: Waive in Opposition.

The form can be found online so you  can fill it and print it comfortably at home and take it to you to the committee meeting. I am guessing the forms will be collected prior to the meeting and then you only have to sit till your bill comes for discussing and your name is called.

This is the bottom of the form online. You can pick what you want to do.

When you are done, you will get a PDF document you get to print and take with you:

You are not suppose, not expected to give a speech. But if five or six Gun people show up with the forms, we would not look as if we did not give a crap about gun bills to out Legislators.

Anybody wants to be bold and speak to a committee, but needs help with what he/she wants to say, email me and we can come up with something succinct and to the point. If I can’t be there, I won’t mind have some of my words do the work.