[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 155 (Wednesday, December 5, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6659]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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     MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE HONORABLE JACK BROOKS

  (Mr. HALL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today along with my colleagues, Gene 
Green and Sheila Jackson Lee, to ask you to join us in a moment of 
silence honoring our colleague, the Honorable Jack Brooks, former dean, 
who passed away yesterday evening at the age of 89. Jack Brooks was a 
fellow Texan and a good friend who served 42 years in Congress. He was 
a leader dedicated to bettering our country, and he will be sorely and 
dearly missed by his family, friends, and this Congress.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members will please rise for a moment of 
silence.

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