[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 28, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PAYING RESPECT TO LAVERNE HOGAN

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                            HON. GENE GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 28, 2004

  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay respect to 
Laverne Hogan, a great leader in the Houston Community, who passed away 
Thursday, April 22, 2004 at the age of 65.
  Laverne Hogan's work was instrumental in setting up the first 
enhanced 9-1-1 system in the state of Texas. Ms. Hogan began work on 
the system nearly 20 years ago working for then Harris County 
Commissioner Tom Bass and Houston City Councilmember Eleanor Tinsley. 
While serving in the Texas state legislature, and later in the U.S. 
House of Representatives, I worked closely with Ms. Hogan on a number 
of occasions to improve the 9-1-1 system in Houston and throughout 
Texas.
  Just a few of her many accomplishment included being elected to and 
serving as the Southeast Regional President of the National Emergency 
Number Association from 1996 to 2000; being appointed to serve as a 
commissioner for the Texas Commission on State Emergency Communications 
from 1992 to 1998 by Governor Ann Richards; and at the time of her 
death, Ms. Hogan was serving as the Executive Director of the Greater 
Harris County 9-1-1 Emergency Network, the largest 9-1-1 system in 
Texas, and the third largest in the United States.
  Laverne Hogan will be greatly missed by all those who knew her, and 
all those she worked to protect throughout her dedicated career.

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