December 11, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 198 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                   HONORING THE LIFE OF SCOTT BROOKS

  (Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
life of Charlottean Scott Brooks.
  Scott's life of work and service ended tragically and senselessly 
early Monday morning of this week when he was murdered outside his 
place of business in the NoDa area of Charlotte.
  Brooks' Sandwich House is a Charlotte institution since 1973, run by 
Scott and his twin brother, David. It is a modest place where you buy a 
burger all the way and eat standing outside at a table. Really good.
  Somehow, I had missed that hometown treasure until just 3 weeks ago 
when a friend invited me there for lunch. Scott spotted me as we came 
in and told the cashier our burgers were on the house--not because 
Scott was a fan, but because he was a nice guy.
  Scott was holding down the fort while David convalesced from an 
injury. That is what brothers like Scott do.
  I could not know then that Scott would be taken from us all just 17 
days later.
  I am grateful for that brief meeting and for the opportunity to 
commemorate him to the history of our Nation. Scott's brother and his 
wife and child should not be mourning him this day, yet we all are.
  Scott Allen Brooks, rest in peace.

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