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Title: H.R. 7757
Identifier: camh-dob-001807
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A bill related to the work of a subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee of which Jack Brooks was a member. The subcommittee was tasked with investigating the state taxation of income derived from interstate commerce.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Peter Rodino, April 28, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001166
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Rodino, Peter W.
Topic: Legislation, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1975-04-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks requests support from Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino in regards to a proposed amendment to the Voting Rights Act extension. The amendment was intended to avoid penalizing states like Texas that had already ratified bilingual ballots.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, NBC/ABC/CBS Affiliates conference on legislative issues, Washington Court hotel, Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 16, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001644
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Legislation
Dates: 1989-03-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks regarding the Judiciary Committee, of which Brooks is Chairman, and how its work will affect the television network industry. Brooks highlights his legislation, H.R. 1236, the "Price Fixing Prevention Act of 1989," and its relation to an upcoming merger between Time Incorporated and Warner Communications Incorporated. The Economic and Commercial Law subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee investigated whether the merger would create a monopoly. Brooks sought to gather information from the CEOs of the major networks involved. He acknowledges that government oversight operations used to work in complement with the Executive Branch, but the Reagan Administration has been oppositional.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks, January 24, 1990
Identifier: camh-dob-001493
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Legislation
Dates: 1990-01-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks, as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, opposes referring the presidential veto of an immigration bill to the Judiciary Committee. He explains that the bill has already been considered and passed three times by the House, that the need to vote to override the veto is urgent, and that referring it to the Judiciary Committee will only serve to delay the legislation.