Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 65 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to strongly urge the GlaxoSmithKline Corporation (GSK) to immediately resume prescription drug deliveries to Canadian-based mail-order pharmacies.

ILWU Local 142 testified in support of this measure. GSK opposed this measure.

Because of the high cost of prescription drugs, many seniors have been purchasing their drugs at substantially reduced prices through mail-order pharmacies. Your Committee understands that drug manufacturers lose money when people purchase through mail-order pharmacies. Your Committee, however, finds that mail-order pharmacies help seniors obtain access to medications they need and are unable to afford through pharmacies in the United States.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 65 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Health.