Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 82, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to ensure that local voices, ideas, and interests are included in the future of broadband telecommunications, broadcast, cable, print, and satellite communications media, by requesting the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to convene a public meeting in Hawaii to consider these issues.

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1260, Honolulu Community Media Council, Screen Actors Guild Hawaii, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

Your Committee finds that our nation was founded on the right of individuals to voice their ideas and have their opinions heard. Communications media is the marketplace of ideas, and Congress and the FCC must, in regulating this marketplace, ensure a place for local voices and interests.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 82, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.