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Title: Annotated statement, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001808
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Elections
Dates: 1965
Box: 2007-255/84
Folder: 104.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A statement, annotated by Jack Brooks, discussing the problems associated with two year terms for Representatives in Congress. It proposes a four year term instead. Due to congressional redistricting caused by the 1965 Martin v. Bush Supreme Court ruling, Brooks went from representing 416,000 people in the 2nd district to representing 457,000 people in the 9th district. He explicitly references this change in an annotation next to a paragraph regarding the increased responsibilities of Representatives due to population growth.

Title: News release, February 12, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002249
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1969-02-12
Box: 2007-255/183
Folder: 167.44
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release from Jack Brooks announcing three summer internship positions in his Washington, D.C. office.

Title: News release, February 20, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002250
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1969-02-20
Box: 2007-255/183
Folder: 167.44
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release from Jack Brooks announcing his Texas quail and venison sausage luncheon for new Democratic members of the House.

Title: News release, January 16, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002251
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1969-01-16
Box: 2007-255/183
Folder: 167.44
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release from Jack Brooks announcing the New Members Breakfast Brooks hosted at the beginning of each session.

Title: News release, June 17, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002256
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1969-06-17
Box: 2007-255/183
Folder: 167.45
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing the selection of a summer intern for Jack Brooks's Washington, D.C. office.

Title: News release, June 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002402
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1969-06-03
Box: 2007-255/183
Folder: 167.45
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An announcement from Jack Brooks's office that Nicholas V. Lampson of Beaumont and Edwin Dwaine Machann of Nederland are two of the three interns selected for his summer internship program. Nick Lampson eventually represented Brooks's congressional district.

Title: News release, June 6, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002254
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Flag Day
Dates: 1969-06-06
Box: 2007-255/183
Folder: 167.45
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing that Speaker John McCormack named Jack Brooks as Chairman of the House Flag Day Committee.

Title: News release, May 19, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002134
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-05-19
Box: 2007-255/282
Folder: 246.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Press release issued by Jack Brooks commenting on President Richard Nixon's veto of a bill requiring Senate confirmation of appointees to the Office of Management and Budget.

Title: News release on the confirmation of Gerald Ford as Vice President, November 27, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000971
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-11-27
Box: 2007-255/284
Folder: 248.11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release from Jack Brooks predicting that Gerald Ford's confirmation as Vice President will be reported favorably.

Title: Some highlights of Mr. Paul Butler's appearance before Burro Club, July 21, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001378
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1959-07-21
Box: 2007-255/70
Folder: 60.11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft of a statement released by Jack Brooks responding to an interview with Paul Butler, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In the interview, Butler critiqued Congressional leadership. The statement describes various inconsistencies in Butler's defense of his commentary.

Title: Statement by Jack Brooks, August 2, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001214
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08-02
Box: 2007-255/364
Folder: 295.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's statement about Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, mailed to Walter Shapiro, who was writing an article about Jordan for the October 1976 edition of Texas Monthly magazine [camh-dob-001215]. Brooks says that while the media likes to focus on her gender and race, he finds those details "relatively unimportant when assessing her importance as a legislator." Brooks believes that "Miss Jordan is able to recognize what is important in legislation rather than responding to slogans or rhetoric and refusing to waste her efforts on unimportant minutia."

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks, April 17, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001485
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Scandals
Dates: 1989-04-17
Box: 2007-255/662
Folder: 0.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks defends Speaker of the House Jim Wright and his wife Betty Wright against allegations made by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks, introducing House Resolution expressing the sense of the House on the Supreme Court decision regarding desecration of the flag, Tuesday, June 27, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001562
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Flags---Law and legislation--U.S. States
Dates: 1989-06-27
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement released by Jack Brooks responding to the Supreme Court decision in Texas vs. Johnson. The decision invalidated legislation banning desecration of the flag of the United States. Brooks disagreed with the Court's decision and announced that the Judiciary Committee would begin hearings to explore other ways to ban desecration of the flag.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks, May 31, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001561
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Scandals
Dates: 1989-05-31
Box: 2007-255/661
Folder: 0.11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement released by Jack Brooks regarding Jim Wright's resignation as Speaker of the House. Brooks and Wright served in the Texas House of Representatives before being elected to Congress. Brooks declares that Wright was tried by the media rather than his colleagues and warns against the weaponization of partisanship. Wright announced his intent to resign on May 31, 1989. He left Congress on June 30, 1989 and was replaced as Speaker by Congressman Tom Foley.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks re: Brooks ADP Act, January 29, 1996
Identifier: camh-dob-000982
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1996-01-29
Box: 2007-255/746
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's statement denouncing the repeal of the Brooks Act as a provision of the FY96 Defense Authorization Bill, which was passed on January 26, 1996 and later signed into law by President Clinton.

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