Harris Honors Sheila Jackson Lee as ‘Fierce Champion of Justice’ in Eulogy

Published on August 1, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris paid her respects to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Aug. 1, delivering a eulogy honoring the congresswoman’s decades of service to the United States at a church in Houston. Jackson Lee, 74, died on July 19, just more than a month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was one of the most prominent black congressional leaders since she began representing Texas’s 18th district in 1995. She led the charge to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, worked to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, supported the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act, and founded the Congressional Children’s Caucus....

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