STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3957

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: GOV. MSG. NO. 646

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture and Environment, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 646, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PESTICIDES

G.M. No. 646

QING LI, for a term to expire 06-30-2028,

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by Qing Li for service on the Advisory Committee on Pesticides.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination for the appointment of Qing Li from the Department of Agriculture, Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau, and two individuals.

Upon review of the testimony, your Committee finds that Mr. Li's knowledge, experience, and desire to serve his community qualify him for appointment to the Advisory Committee on Pesticides as a representative of the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources pursuant to section 149A-51, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Your Committee notes that Mr. Li earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the Shangdong Agricultural University and a Doctorate in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry from the University of California-Davis. He has been a Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's (UH-Manoa's) Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering since 2002, the Director of UH-Manoa's Proteomics Core Facility since 2011, and a research faculty member at the Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience Center since 2017. Your Committee further notes that Mr. Li previously served on the Advisory Committee on Pesticides from 2007 to 2015, and that his technical expertise in pesticide use, research and development, environmental issues, analysis, toxicology, disposal and remediation will enhance the effectiveness of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. Your Committee therefore recommends that Qing Li be appointed to the Advisory Committee on Pesticide based on his knowledge, experience, and desire to serve the public.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture and Environment,

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair