Sheila Jackson Lee

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🕯️ Remembering Sheila Jackson Lee

Sheila Jackson Lee, the longtime U.S. representative from Texas who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, has died. She was 74.

• The Democrat had represented Houston since 1995. She had previously had breast cancer and announced a pancreatic cancer diagnosis on June 2, AP reports.

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) called her "a tenacious advocate for civil rights and a tireless fighter, improving the lives of her constituents."

• Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said he had never known a harder-working lawmaker than Jackson Lee: She "studied every bill and every amendment with exactitude and then told Texas and America exactly where she stood."

Words from Jackson Lee's family.

[Kevin H]

It looks like she was a Seventh-day Adventist.  Either way, grateful for her service. 

[Gregory Matthews]

Sheila Jackson Lee was a devout SDA.  The following is a 13-minute video of the speech given at her funeral by Kamala Harris, which was attended by other high figures in U.S. politics.  She had been a member of Congress for almost 30 years.

 

[Rahab]

Amazing