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Title: 1979 questionnaire survey by the House television broadcasting system for the Committee on House Administration, U.S. House of Representatives
Identifier: camh-dob-002551
Creator: Rose, Charles G., 1939-2012
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Television programs
Dates: 1979
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Questionnaire sent by Congressman Charles Rose to his colleagues regarding the ways broadcasting of House floor proceedings has impacted the work of the House. Jack Brooks filled out the questionnnaire and returned it.

Title: Chairman Jack Brooks, statement on proxy rule change, Democratic caucus, January 31, 1979
Identifier: camh-dob-001558
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1979-01-31
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement issued by Jack Brooks against a proposed proxy rule change that would make voting by proxy more difficult for committee members. Brooks argues that members of multiple committees are entitled to participate by proxy.

Title: Congressman Jack Brooks (D-Tex.), U.S. House of Representatives, January 19, 1977
Identifier: camh-dob-001532
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1977-01-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Brooks speaks before the House of Representatives about a Report on the Activities of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations. He says, "Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and insert extraneous material." Material attached [camh-dob-001533].

Title: Congressman Jack Brooks (D-Tex.), U.S. House of Representatives, January 19, 1977, Report on the Activities of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations in the 94th Congress
Identifier: camh-dob-001533
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1977-01-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations, reports on the Committee's activities. It includes highlights of what the Committee has accomplished in the past two years, summaries of its continuing activities, and descriptions of projected future activities.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, November 21, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001342
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Bill Bradley, a constituent from Orange, TX, who is concerned that Rep. John McCormack will succeed Sam Rayburn as Speaker of the House and put his religious preferences ahead of his governmental duty.

Title: Letter from Charles Rose to Jack Brooks, November 14, 1979
Identifier: camh-dob-002434
Creator: Rose, Charles G., 1939-2012
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Television programs
Dates: 1979-11-14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congressman Charles Rose to his colleagues in Congress with an attached questionnaire about how broadcasting the House floor proceedings has impacted the way they perform their duties.

Title: Letter from David R. Obey, Lloyd Meeds, and Norman E. D'Amours to Carl Albert, June 22, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001289
Creator: Obey, David R., Meeds, Lloyd, 1927-2011, D'Amours, Norman E.
Contributor: Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976-06-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Charman David R. Obey and task force members Lloyd Meeds and Norman E. D'Amours to Speaker of the House Carl Albert. Albert had appointed the Task Force on House Accounts on June 4, 1976 to provide recommendations on reducing government costs and inefficiencies.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, November 29, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001341
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent reassuring him that the Democratic members of the House would not elect a Speaker who put any particular group of people ahead of the nation's interests.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to the vice president of Tenneco Inc., April 30, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001588
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Computers
Dates: 1969-04-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Carbon copy of response from Jack Brooks to Gilbert M. Fitzgerald, Vice President Tenneco Inc., describing his efforts to make his colleagues understand the importance of computers.

Title: Letter from John McCormack to Jack Brooks, November 24, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001344
Creator: McCormack, John W., 1891-1980
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman John McCormack thanking Brooks for his support in McCormack's bid for the Speakership.

Title: Recommendations of the Task Force on accounts, undated [1976]
Identifier: camh-dob-001288
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A typed list with handwritten notes and edits of thirteen recommendations from the Task Force on Accounts to reduce government operational costs. This is a different copy with different handwritten notes from item camh-dob-001287.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks before the 94th New Members Caucus, Washington, D.C., January 17, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-002431
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976-01-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's speech before the 94th New Members Caucus in which he reviews some of the things being done and being planned by the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations, which he chairs, and the House Commission on Information and Facilities.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks on a House code of ethics and congressional reform, U.S. House of Representatives, Wednesday, April 3, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-002207
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1968-04-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of remarks delivered by Jack Brooks supporting congressional reforms and new code of ethics.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Presidential Classroom for Young Americans seminar on the "House of Representatives," Monday, February 26, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002202
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-02-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a speech delivered by Jack Brooks discussing newly-enacted reforms of the structure of House committees as well as how the institution operates.

Title: Report of the Task Force on Accounts, undated [1976]
Identifier: camh-dob-001290
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A report from the Task Force on Accounts delivered to Speaker of the House Carl Albert on June 22, 1976. The report explains the purpose of the task force, their methods and processes for evaluating cost inefficiencies, and rationales for their recommendations. The task force provides thirteen recommendations for immediate reform, the first of which is "immediate sweeping reform of the House Administration Committee."

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks before Senate Government Operations Subcomittee on Budgeting, Management, and Expenditures, April 12, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002057
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-04-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: In the annotated statement, Jack Brooks discusses the role of the national budget in consolidating the power of the legislative branch. He states that Congress must implement a computer system in order to access data on the national budget.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks before the Democratic Caucus, Wednesday, June 23, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001291
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976-06-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's official statement before the Democratic Caucus offering his opinion on the Task Force on Accounts' recommendations for reducing government costs and inefficiencies. This statement combines elements of his earlier drafts [items camh-dob-001285 and camh-dob-001286].

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks before the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, May 10, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002208
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1965-05-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Carbon copy of statement delivered by Jack Brooks in support of congressional reforms.

Title: Telegram from Carl Albert to Jack Brooks, November 20, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001343
Creator: Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Telegram from Carl Albert informing Jack Brooks that the race for Democratic majority leader will be opened. Albert asks Brooks for his help and wishes to speak with him soon.

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