STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 2034-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: S.C.R. No. 37
S.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 37, S.D. 1, entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE NAMING OF A UNITED STATES NAVY SURFACE COMBATANT SHIP AFTER FIREMAN SECOND CLASS AND CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT TELESFORO TRINIDAD,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.
Your Committee finds that Telesforo Trinidad earned the Medal of Honor for showing extraordinary heroism in the line of duty in response to boiler explosions aboard the USS San Diego while the ship was in the Gulf of California on January 21, 1915. Your Committee further finds that the naming of a Navy ship in honor of Mr. Trinidad, an American national of Filipino descent, would demonstrate the Navy's leadership and commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion amid current racial tensions and would also mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines and the seventieth anniversary of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the two countries.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 37, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans,
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____________________________ TAKASHI OHNO, Chair |
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