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Title: Congressional Reorganization: A suggestion for its fulfillment (draft), undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001709
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft remarks regarding the Legislative Reorganization Act. The remarks are unsigned and include handwritten emendations. Authorship unknown, but Brooks staff or Jack Brooks likely.

Title: Congressional Reorganization: A suggestion for its fulfillment, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001711
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks regarding the Legislative Reorganization Act. Later draft of camh-dob-001709. Authorship unknown, but Brooks staff or Jack Brooks likely.

Title: Countercyclical section in public works bill, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002027
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Revenue sharing
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement released by Jack Brooks discussing his reservations with a $1.5 billion program in the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act.

Title: Draft of Jack Brooks's speech to the House of Representatives regarding the Vietnam Resolution, November 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001202
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), Legislation
Dates: 1969-11-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft with handwritten edits of Jack Brooks's remarks to the House of Representatives regarding a Vietnam Resolution which he was co-sponsoring with fifty other Democrats. His speech calls for Americans and Congress to support President Richard Nixon's efforts to negotiate a "lasting peace in Vietnam." A copy of the resolution is attached to Congressman Jim Wright's November 3, 1969 letter to Brooks [camh-dob-001138].

Title: Draft of speech for Buchanan to make at AU on Jan 29, 1973, December 18, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002203
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Contracts--Government, Legislation
Dates: 1972-12-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a draft of a speech to be delivered by Jack Brooks about government contract bidding and his proposed reforms in his architects and engineers bill.

Title: Draft of statement, [1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002045
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1973
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft of a statement delivered by Jack Brooks calling on Congress to consider individual privacy rights when crafting legislation about computers.

Title: Handwritten statement, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002016
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A handwritten statement expressing Jack Brooks's support for an amendment proposed by Congressman Olin Teague adding VA funding to an appropriations bill.

Title: Introduction of Vice President Lyndon Johnson, By Congressman Jack Brooks, Brooks Farm, Jasper County, September 29, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001528
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Legislation
Dates: 1963-09-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks introduces Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at his family farm in Jasper. In this speech, Brooks commends Johnson for his help securing the legislation for the Sam Rayburn Dam.

Title: Notes for a speech to the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, February 4, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002367
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation
Dates: 1965-02-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed notes for a speech delivered by Jack Brooks to the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce touching on local and national issues of the day as well as legislative accomplishments.

Title: Remarks by Jack Brooks, March 11, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-011199
Creator: United States. Congress
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Architects and engineers, Contracts--Government, Legislation
Dates: 1970-03-11, 1970-03-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks by Jack Brooks, U.S. House of Representatives.

Title: Remarks for "Panorama" TV show, March 18, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002204
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Electronic data processing, Legislation
Dates: 1970-03-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of remarks delivered by Jack Brooks during his appearance on the television program "Panorama" discussing electronic data processing.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks before the 14th Annual MIS-EDP conference, American Management Association, Americana Hotel, New York City, Monday, March 4, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-002179
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1968-03-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Speech given by Jack Brooks about the increasing use of computers across society and his efforts to make the purchase and use of computers by the federal government more efficient.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, computer specialists meeting, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 30, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002205
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Computers
Dates: 1970-04-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a speech delivered by Jack Brooks at an Atomic Energy Commission gathering of computer specialists. Brooks outlines the goals of his legislation, which became Public Law 89-306, that emphasized the purchase rather than lease of computers for government use.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Founders Conference, Society for Management Information Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Monday, September 8, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002561
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Legislation
Dates: 1969-09-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks at an information systems conference regarding the beneficial role of computers in government operations.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, government class, Washington and Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia, Monday, April 3, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001646
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1989-04-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks to a high school government class describing Congress, including its history and how it functions. He compares the 1st U.S. Congress to the 101st U.S. Congress, highlighting changes in the number of constituents per Representative, the amount of legislation introduced and passed, and the national budget. He describes the roles of Committees and his own role as Chairman of multiple committees and subcommittees. He concludes by sharing his basic rule during his thirty-six years in Congress: "If the problem is important enough to write or call me about, then it is important enough for me to work as hard as I can to help solve that problem."

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Governor's conference on handicapped individuals, Galveston, Texas, Saturday, September 23, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-001550
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, People with disabilities
Dates: 1978-09-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's speech, with handwritten edits, at Governor Dolph Briscoe's Conference on Handicapped Individuals. The conference followed Briscoe's issuance of Executive Order No. 38, which created the Committee on Problems of the Handicapped. In his speech, Brooks highlights legislation in recent years that provide services and legal protections for handicapped individuals, including the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. He describes additional amendments and bills to support handicapped individuals and promises to continue supporting such legislation.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Groundbreaking Ceremonies, Louis Manor Rent Supplement Project, Port Arthur, Texas, Sunday, April 20, 1969, 2:00 P.M.
Identifier: camh-dob-002559
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation
Dates: 1969-04-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Speech delivered by Jack Brooks regarding a rent supplement project in Port Arthur that was part of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, Texas, Thursday, October 29, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002009
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Political Campaigns
Dates: 1970-10-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks at his alma mater regarding the upcoming election and criticizing Nixon Administration policies.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, legislative workshop - national league of cities, Washington Hilton, Monday, March 13, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001641
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Cities
Dates: 1989-03-13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Speech delivered by Jack Brooks regarding the state of city inequalities and programs that can improve urban areas in the United States. Brooks mentions legislation aimed at revitalizing urban areas. Those initiatives addressed education, industrial and commercial development, environmental protection, drug abuse, and homelessness. Brooks criticizes the Reagan administration for ignoring the nation's cities.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, NAACP, Judiciary Committee Hearing Room, Tuesday, March 7, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001642
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, African Americans--Civil Rights
Dates: 1989-03-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks praising the work of the NAACP. Brooks says he is proud to have stood side by side with the NAACP in many Civil Rights battles throughout his career. Brooks was one of few Southern Congressmen who refused to sign the Southern Manifesto. During his career he supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Fair Housing Law, and the economic and social policies of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society.

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