'To most people, it was Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, to me, it is auntie -- Auntie Sheila,' Lawrence Bell, who's known Jackson-Lee his entire life, said.
Sunday, July 21, 2024 1:10AMThe late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee is being remembered by those who knew her after losing her battle with pancreatic cancer on Friday.
"To most people, it was Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, to me, it is auntie -- Auntie Sheila," Lawrence Bell, who's known Jackson-Lee his entire life, said. "If I could mesh together Dr. X and Magneto and Superman and Batman, Wonder Woman all into one, you get Sheila," Bell said."She is the hardest working politician that I've ever seen," Lane-Seals said.Remembering US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Community leaders reacts to congresswoman's passingIn 1989, she won an at-large position on Houston City Council, becoming the first African-American woman elected to citywide office.
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