ms. brooks: it was a attached fee. my husband, who some of your viewers may know from his works like "confederates in the attic," he was on book to her -- book tour and he had a wonderful session with c-span in atlanta, and he had come to washington, d.c., which is his hometown, collapsed in the street, died suddenly without any indication that he had a heart problem. and me and my two boys, as you can imagine, were devastated by that. it knocked us all right out of our orbits. host: i don't mean to be insensitive, but how does that change how you do your work? ms. brooks: it took me a long time to get back to work, actually. it was about a year where i could not get the level of focus you need to engage with all of the strands of a novel that you are trying to bring together. but, you know, it was something ruth ginsburg had said to a journalist colleague of mine, because i used to be a journalist before i took up fiction writing. and this person had had a loss, and justice ginsburg said to her, you must do your work.

ms. brooks: it was a attached fee. my husband, who some of your viewers may know from his works like "confederates in the attic," he was on book to her -- book tour and he had a wonderful session with c-span in atlanta, and he had come to washington, d.c., which is his hometown, collapsed in the street, died suddenly without any indication that he had a heart problem. and me and my two boys, as you can imagine, were devastated by that. it knocked us all right out of our orbits. host: i don't mean to be insensitive, but how does that change how you do your work? ms. brooks: it took me a long time to get back to work, actually. it was about a year where i could not get the level of focus you need to engage with all of the strands of a novel that you are trying to bring together. but, you know, it was something ruth ginsburg had said to a journalist colleague of mine, because i used to be a journalist before i took up fiction writing. and this person had had a loss, and justice ginsburg said to her, you must do your work.

ms. brooks jenkins. thank you. i got to give a shout-out to mom's demand action in the house. the brady campaign, the sftd, all the united playaz here helping us out and i do not want to forget my return citizens and brothers and sisters who recently came out home and i want to give a shout-out to our reentry brother, frederick who did a life i tense and omar and davis who recently came home after doing over three decades behind the walls and even more recent, i want to give a shout-out to my brother, anthony and my uncle in the wheelchair, doug who came home from doing almost 50 years. welcome home, guys. and all the rest of reentry guys who are here. i got to make sure i give a shout-out to sbd, my brother who cleaned this area all up, big ed who did a life sentence and give a shout-out to everybody making this happen, my brother southern richards in the building. thank you, brother. and all the mothers who are here and you will see them speak. i just want to say this right here is an investment in our community for our kids and the reentry. this whole building back here tha

ms. brooks jenkins. thank you. i got to give a shout-out to mom's demand action in the house.n, the sftd, all the united playaz here helping us out and i do not want to forget my return citizens and brothers and sisters who recently came out home and i want to give a shout-out to our reentry brother, frederick who did a life i tense and omar and davis who recently came home after doing over three decades behind the walls and even more recent, i want to give a shout-out to my brother, anthony and my uncle in the wheelchair, doug who came home from doing almost 50 years. welcome home, guys. and all the rest of reentry guys who are here. i got to make sure i give a shout-out to sbd, my brother who cleaned this area all up, big ed who did a life sentence and give a shout-out to everybody making this happen, my brother southern richards in the building. thank you, brother. and all the mothers who are here and you will see them speak. i just want to say this right here is an investment in our community for our kids and the reentry. this whole building back here that we newly are goi

ms. brooks jenkins. thank you. i got to give a shout-out to mom's demand action in the house. the brady campaign, the sftd, all the united playaz here helping us out and i do not want to forget my return citizens and brothers and sisters who recently came out home and i want to give a shout-out to our reentry brother, frederick who did a life i tense and omar and davis who recently came home after doing over three

ms. brooks jenkins. thank you. i got to give a shout-out to mom's demand action in the house. the brady campaign, the sftd, all the united playaz here helping us out and i do not want to forget my return citizens and brothers and sisters who recently came out home and i want to give a shout-out to our reentry brother, frederick who did a life i tense and omar and davis who recently came home after doing over three decades behind the walls and even more recent, i want to give a shout-out to my brother, anthony and my uncle in the wheelchair, doug who came home from doing almost 50 years. welcome home, guys. and all the rest of reentry guys who are here. i got to make sure i give a shout-out to sbd, my brother who cleaned this area all up, big ed who did a life sentence and give a shout-out to everybody making this happen, my brother southern richards in the building. thank you, brother. and all the mothers who are here and you will see them speak. i just want to say this right here is an investment in our community for our kids and the reentry. this whole building back here tha

ms. brooks jenkins. thank you. i got to give a shout-out to mom's demand action in the house. the brady campaign, the sftd, all the united playaz here helping us out and i do not want to forget my return citizens and brothers and sisters who recently came out home and i want to give a shout-out to our reentry brother, frederick who did a life i tense and omar and davis who recently came home after doing over three decades behind the walls and even more recent, i want to give a shout-out to my brother, anthony and my uncle in the wheelchair, doug who came home from doing almost 50 years. welcome home, guys. and all the rest of reentry guys who are here. i got to make sure i give a shout-out to sbd, my brother who cleaned this area all up, big ed who did a life sentence and give a shout-out to everybody making this happen, my brother southern richards in the building. thank you, brother. and all the mothers who are here and you will see them speak. i just want to say this right here is an investment in our community for our kids and the reentry. this whole building back here tha

brooks will vote nay on h.r. h.r. 4496. >> as the member designated by ms. porter and misor cases yeoh cortez, they will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: as the member designated by mr. bacon of nebraska, he will vote yes. . .ics . . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. diaz-balart of florida, i inform the house that mr. diaz-balart will vote yes. and as the member designated by mr. steube of florida, he will shot nay. >> the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from texas, mr. castro to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 8463. the clerk: h.r. 846 # a bill to require the millennium challenge for candidate countries and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedi

brooks will vote nay. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. wasserman schultz of florida, she will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. pfluger of texas, i inform the house that mr. pfluger will vote aye. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. porter and ms. mccormick, they will vote yes. iflt for what purpose does the gentleman from texas, mr. weber: mr. paul gosar and mr. carter, mr. gosar will vote no and mr. carter will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by chairwoman waters, i inform the house that chair waters will vote yes on s.2551. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. dunn of florida, i inform the house that mr. dunn will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for wha

brooks will both vote nay on h.r. 302. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire rise? ms. kuster: madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. dingell and pingree, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 302. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. michael mccaul from the great state of texas, i inform the house that mr. mccaul will vote no on h.r. 302. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. pallone: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. melanie stansbury and mrs. ann kirkpatrick, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 302. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. evans: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that m mr. lawson votes yes on final passage of h.r. 302. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise?