CELEBRATING DOUG STOCKS' 48-YEAR BOOKSELLING CAREER

On 2026-09-08, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18) delivered a floor speech titled "CELEBRATING DOUG STOCKS' 48-YEAR BOOKSELLING CAREER" in the House.

CELEBRATING DOUG STOCKS' 48-YEAR BOOKSELLING CAREER

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 142 (Tuesday, September 8, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 8, 2026)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages E885-E886] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] CELEBRATING DOUG STOCKS' 48-YEAR BOOKSELLING CAREER ______ HON. ZOE LOFGREN of california in the house of representatives Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Doug Stocks, one of the most experienced booksellers in Silicon Valley, on his retirement after 48 years. I wish to include in the Record the following excerpt from Ron Charles' article: Last week, while visiting our elder daughter in Santa Clara, Calif., I overheard a bookseller at Books Inc. say he was retiring. In fact, everyone in the store heard him. Doug Stocks is not the fading, whispering figure of some dusty Masterpiece Theatre [[Page E886]] bookseller. He's a tall guy with a big, gray beard, somewhere between a happy Hemingway and an off-season Santa--and around here, more famous than either one. Doug is retiring next month after 48 years. ``I'm the longest-standing bookseller in Silicon Valley,'' he told me. It's been the only job he's ever had. ``Since I was 18 years old! Can you believe it? Books, Inc., oldest bookseller west of the Mississippi, publisher of Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte. Mr. Stocks personally met many authors who were present at Books Inc. and made all feel welcomed. He has made so many Silicon Valley residents embrace their love of literature, and our community is deeply thankful fot his decades-long career. ____________________