The Vice President delivered a eulogy at Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's memorial service in Houston
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a eulogy for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee at Fallbrook Church in Houston, on Aug. 1, 2024ometimes, when Vice President Kamala Harris would see Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee coming down the hall, she would think about hiding. Harris confessed this with a smile at the memorial service for the Texas Democrat, where those in the audience were well aware of how relentless Jackson Lee could be.
Harris, who took time out of her 96-day campaign for President to eulogize Jackson Lee on Thursday, praised the example she set for others over nearly three decades in Congress. Jackson Lee showed that once power had been earned, “there is an obligation to do something good with it,” Harris said. Speaking inside the cavernous Fallbrook Church on the northern outskirts of Houston, Harris described Jackson Lee as “one of the smartest and most strategic legislators in Washington, D.C.” and said “she was also one of the most unrelenting.”
A few days before Jackson Lee passed away on July 19 at the age of 74, Harris described calling the congresswoman to thank her for her encouragement over the years. “I thanked her for her courage and her conviction and her relentless focus on those who are too often left out and left behind, and her unwavering belief in the power that we each have to change our country for the better.”
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