STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1416-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.R. No. 251

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.R. No. 251 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE EFFORTS OF THE ONE CAMPAIGN AND INVITING ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING THE ONE CAMPAIGN AS IT SPREADS ITS MESSAGE THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to commend the ONE Campaign – an alliance of eleven of the most well-known and respected nonprofit organizations in the United States of America – for its valiant, dedicated efforts to rally American citizens to fight the global proliferation of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and extreme poverty, wherever it may be found.

A concerned student testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee recognizes that there comes a time in the course of human events when a threat must be answered with courage and strength, and recalls the Preamble of our Nation's Constitution which states, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." In light of the threat Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and extreme poverty presents to our Nation as well as our planet and the founding principles which the Preamble of our Constitution states, your Committee agrees that commendation is due for organizations such as the ONE Campaign.

Your Committee also recognizes that our forefathers fought for the right to be free, and the efforts of the ONE Campaign help to guard their dream and legacy.

 

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 251 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair

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ALEX M. SONSON, Chair