STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1632

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 76

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 76 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO COMMISSION A MONUMENT TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to commission a monument to President Barack Obama.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Your Committee finds that Barack Obama was born, raised, and received primary and secondary education in Hawaii. After graduating from Columbia University and receiving his doctorate of jurisprudence from Harvard University, he worked as a civil rights attorney and later professor of constitutional law in Chicago, Illinois. He entered politics and was elected to the United States Senate and later to the office of the President of the United States, becoming the first African American president in United States history. Your Committee finds that in light of President Obama's historic accomplishments and ties to Hawaii, it is appropriate to commemorate him in Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 76 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair