President Joe Biden joined constituents and others paying their respects to longtime lawmaker US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as she lay in state in the rotunda of…
The congresswoman, who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, was 74 when she died on July 19 after being treated for pancreatic cancerResidents who stood in line on Monday to pay their respects to longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas as her body lay in state in Houston ’s City Hall remembered her as an advocate for human rights and her community.
“No matter the issue — from delivering racial justice to building an economy for working people — she was unrelenting in her leadership,” Biden said in a statement after Jackson Lee’s death. By Monday afternoon, nearly 900 people had passed through the rotunda, according to a city spokesperson. “She didn’t let a redistricting line or a boundary line interfere with her voice. We gather here this morning, sad but a celebration,” said Whitmire, who had contacted Jackson Lee's family about having her lie in state at City Hall.She was only the second person to be granted the honor of lying in state in Houston’s City Hall rotunda. The other was renowned cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey, who died in 2008.
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