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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 2673 the most fundamental things that people do, which is to Deafness tends to be an invisible handicap and its Traditionally, one of the major problems facing deaf Lack of public awareness and understanding also permits subtle, as well as overt discrimination. This discrimination affects almost all areas of a deaf One of the basic needs of deaf people is: television [[Regular news programs on commercial television RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That The General Assembly of Maryland is fully cognizant of the needs of the deaf in this area, and is aware that the Federal Communications Commission has proposed rules for TV captioning for those with impaired hearing (F.C.C. Docket 20693 adopted January 28, 1976); now, therefore, be it RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That this Body requests the Congress to urge the Federal Communications__Commission to promptly consider the adoption of rule amendments which would make possible the RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to Commissioners Lee, Reid, Hooks, Quello, Washburn, and Robinson, 1919 M St., N.W., Washington D.C.; Senators J.
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