[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING ALICE ELIZABETH GRANT HOGANS

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                      HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 28, 2017

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and commend 
Alice Elizabeth Grant Hogans on the occasion of her retirement, having 
served for 16 years on the House Appropriations Committee. In total, 
she has provided more than 25 years of distinguished, quiet service to 
our country. Her dedication to public service and integrity stands as a 
model for us all.
  Alice, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, graduated from Duke 
University with a Bachelor's degree in Economics. She also earned a 
Master of Philosophy Degree in International Finance from the Centre 
for Development Studies at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
  Alice began her career in Washington, D.C. in 1989 as a staff 
assistant at the Congressional Budget Office. From there, she rose to 
the position of budget analyst in the Scorekeeping Unit in 1990 before 
leaving for graduate school in Scotland in 1993. In 1995, she accepted 
a position with the Senate Committee on the Budget under the leadership 
of Chairman Pete V. Domenici (R-NM) and staff director Bill Hoagland. 
She was the Analyst for International Affairs until beginning her 
dedicated service to the House Appropriations Committee in 2001. Alice 
began on the Foreign Operations Subcommittee as professional staff in 
2001, and spent time as professional staff on the Treasury-
Transportation, HUD Subcommittee, and the Financial Services 
Subcommittee before ending up back on State, Foreign Operations 
Subcommittee in 2011, where she was responsible for overseeing spending 
for global health programs, including HIV/AIDS, the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation, the international financial institutions such as 
the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and trade promotion 
agencies such as the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and several related 
agencies.
  Alice's contributions extend beyond her role on the Appropriations 
Committee. For years, she was the Treasurer of the Board for the non-
profit Combined Federal Agencies Child Development Center, and a 
volunteer at her church and children's elementary school.
  As we all know, congressional staff work countless hours and through 
countless holiday seasons in order to keep this esteemed institution 
running. This inevitably takes a toll on personal commitments, and 
nothing means more to Alice than her supportive and loving family, her 
husband Dan, her children, James and Catherine, and of course, her 
mother and sister.
  Mr. Speaker, while Alice is leaving this institution, she will not be 
forgotten. Her good humor, faithful service, and commitment to 
excellence has left a lasting imprint on all of us and on the 
departments and agencies for which she was responsible. I wish Alice 
and her family well as she enters this new chapter of her life and ask 
my colleagues to join me in expressing my appreciation for her 
contributions to our country.

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