75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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 LC 2252
 
                       House Resolution 1
 
Sponsored by Representatives HUNT, BARTON; Representatives
  BERGER, BOONE, BRUUN, CAMERON, CLEM, COWAN, GARRETT, GELSER,
  KENNEMER, KOMP, SCHAUFLER, SPRENGER, THOMPSON, TOMEI, VANORMAN
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Honors Congresswoman Darlene Hooley for her achievements.
 
                        HOUSE RESOLUTION
  Whereas Congresswoman Darlene Hooley first answered the call of
public service by shaping the minds of young Oregonians as a
teacher in Woodburn, Gervais and St. Mary's schools; and
  Whereas Congresswoman Hooley deepened her public service and
her commitment to community involvement after her son was injured
on a West Linn playground; and
  Whereas Congresswoman Hooley became the first woman to serve on
the West Linn City Council; and
  Whereas Congresswoman Hooley served seven distinguished years
representing West Linn in the Oregon House of Representatives,
dutifully working on behalf of her constituents on education
issues, passing Oregon's first recycling laws, writing and
passing equal pay laws and more; and
  Whereas Congresswoman Hooley took her reputation and experience
as a policy-minded consensus builder to the Clackamas County
Board of Commissioners to extend her service in local government
for an additional nine years; and
  Whereas Congresswoman Hooley became the first woman to serve on
the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners; and
  Whereas Congresswoman Hooley worked tirelessly as a Clackamas
County Commissioner to create the North Clackamas Parks and
Recreation district; and
  Whereas Congresswoman Hooley was elected to the United States
House of Representatives by the people of Oregon's Fifth
Congressional District in 1996; and
  Whereas Congresswoman Hooley was elected freshman class
president in her first term by her colleagues in the United
States Congress; and
  Whereas Congresswoman Hooley has spent over a decade in the
Congress making Oregon and the United States of America safer by
battling the methamphetamine epidemic and identity theft; and
  Whereas Congresswoman Hooley has resolutely honored the service
of both active duty and National Guard veterans through her
service on the United States House of Representatives Committee
on Veterans' Affairs; and
 
  Whereas Congresswoman Hooley has faithfully served the people
of Oregon for well over 30 years; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
  Oregon:
  That we, the members of the House of Representatives of the
Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly, extend our gratitude to
Congresswoman Darlene Hooley for her years of selfless public
service, innumerable achievements and contributions to the
betterment of the State of Oregon.
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