The office of Houston-area Democratic congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who has been an elected public servant for 35 years, announced her death Friday evening. She was 74.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee , D- Texas gestures as she speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, as the court heard oral arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin affirmative action case. “Today, with incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of the 18th Congress ional District of Texas ,” Jackson Lee’s office shared on her Twitter account.
Jackson Lee’s office counted her political victories to include Juneteenth becoming a national holiday and the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
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