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Title: Joint Statement of the Waterways Committee and the Fresh Water Supply Committee of the Port Arthur, Texas, Chamber of Commerce to the Bureau of the Budget on Navigation Improvements Sabine-Neches Waterway, Texas and Fresh Water Supply McGee Bend Dam in Washington D.C., October 23, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001462
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-10-23
Box: 2007-255/5
Folder: Lake Sabine, Jan 1958 to
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A statement to Congress from the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce regarding how important two proposed infrastructure projects, the Sabine-Neches waterway and the McGee Bend Dam, are to Port Arthur and the surrounding region. Port Arthur was in Jack Brooks's district and he played an integral role working with his constituents to appropriate federal funding for the projects.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation, House Committee of Insular and Interior Affairs, Hearings on H.R. 12034 (Big Thicket National Park), Beaumont, Texas, June 10, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002135
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: National parks and reserves -- Management
Dates: 1972-06-10
Box: 2007-255/282
Folder: 246.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: In the annotated speech, Jack Brooks argues for the creation of a national park in Big Thicket, a heavily forested area in Southeast Texas home to a variety of diverse ecosystems. The area was part of Brooks's district before redistricting.