[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 200 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7921-S7922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DR. KATHLEEN HOGAN

  Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, I wish to recognize the service of Dr. 
Kathleen Hogan, the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency at the U.S. Department of Energy.
  Dr. Hogan's distinguished career is a testament to the power of one 
public servant to deliver progress for the entire country.
  Over her years of Federal service, Dr. Hogan dedicated her 
considerable talent to helping our country use energy more efficiently. 
Dr. Hogan appreciated the promise of energy efficiency, not only to 
address the climate threat, but also to reduce waste and save money for 
households and businesses

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nationwide. She also appreciated the necessity of bringing government 
and the private sector together on solutions.
  At the Department of Energy, Dr. Hogan oversaw the Better Buildings 
Program, an initiative to encourage buildings to become 20 percent more 
efficient by the end of the decade. The program was formally codified 
through legislation I introduced with Senator Kelly Ayotte in 2013. Its 
success, however, is entirely the result of Dr. Hogan's tenacity, 
persistence, and rare ability to forge partnerships beyond government. 
While at the Department, Dr. Hogan also forged robust appliance 
standards that save consumers more than $60 billion on their 
electricity bills annually.
  At the Environmental Protection Agency, Dr. Hogan spearheaded Energy 
Star, a voluntary program to promote efficiency in housing, industry, 
and a range of consumer products. Today, Energy Star is one of the most 
widely recognized consumer labels in America. Since 1992, the program 
has saved families and businesses over $450 billion and 3.5 trillion 
kilowatt-hours of electricity.
  The legacy of Dr. Hogan's public service is all around us: in the 
kitchens of millions of American households, on the factory floor of 
industrial plants, in the cleaner air our children breathe each day, 
and in the dozens of new partnerships between the Federal Government 
and businesses from nearly every sector of the economy.
  We are deeply appreciative of Dr. Hogan's contributions, and we wish 
her all the best in her next chapter. Above all, we thank her for a 
distinguished career of service to our country.

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