Former President Clinton was among those who paid their respects Thursday to the Texas representative at a memorial service in Houston.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday eulogized longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as a “force of nature” as memorials for the longtime Democratic lawmaker drew to a close. Harris took time away from her presidential campaign to describe Jackson Lee, who represented Houston in Congress, as a coalition builder and expert in the legislative process. Harris joked about hiding in the hall when Jackson Lee walked by because the lawmaker was so intense.
She “really believed that we are all created equal,” he said, emphasizing, “We are the longest lasting democracy in human history because we had enough people like Sheila Jackson Lee.” Services for Jackson Lee began Monday when hundreds of people paid their respects as her body lay in state in a flag-draped coffin inside Houston’s City Hall. President Biden placed a bouquet of flowers near her casket and visited with Jackson Lee’s family.
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