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Vice President Kamala Harris will fly to Houston on Thursday to attend funeral services for longtime Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, who died this month after a battle with cancer, according to ...
Vice President Kamala Harris gives the eulogy during Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s funeral service on Aug. 1 at the Fallbrook Church in Houston, Texas.
Vice President Harris will be in Houston on Thursday for the funeral of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, the White House confirmed Monday, after the Texas Democrat died earlier this month Jackson Lee, a ...
Sheila Jackson Lee (née Jackson; January 12, 1950 – July 19, 2024) was an American lawyer and politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district, from 1995 until her death in 2024. The district includes most of central Houston.
Jackson Lee routinely won reelection to Congress with ease. She unsuccessfully ran to be Houston’s mayor last year. Bobbie D. Nickerson, 71, a suburban Houston resident, said Monday’s crowd at city hall for Jackson Lee shows “how much she was loved and cared for and respected.” ___ Follow Juan A. Lozano on X: https://twitter.com ...
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, has died. She was 74. Lillie Conley, her chief of staff, confirmed that Jackson Lee, who had pancreatic cancer, died in Houston Friday night with her family around her.
Harris was the highest ranking U.S. official at Jackson Lee's Houston service, acting as consoler in chief for the 15-term representative who promoted legislation addressing so
Jackson Lee’s family said funeral arrangements were still pending in a July 19 statement posted to the late congresswoman’s website. Funeral plans had not been publicly announced as of July 23.