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Vice President Kamala Harris gave a eulogy for Sheila Jackson Lee Wednesday, describing the late representative from Texas as a 'force of nature' who worked to build coalitions and represent women in Congress.“She always expected in all of us that we would rise to a point of excellence, knowing that life was too short and there's too much to be done,” Harris said during a funeral service in Houston on Wednesday.
“We are the longest lasting democracy in human history because we had enough people like Sheila Jackson Lee.”RELATED STORY | Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee dies, she was 74Jackson Lee, a Democrat, represented a Texas district that included much of Houston from 1995 until her death in July, after she'd been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. She also served on Houston's city council from 1990 to 1994. In 2023, she ran to be the city's mayor.
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