Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a eulogy for U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, listen, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Houston.

Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee died at 74, her family announced on Friday, just two months after the longtime lawmaker revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer. The Democratic congresswoman, who ...

2:05 p.m. July 20, 2024: This story was updated with comments from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who helped lead federal ...

Sheila Jackson Lee, outspoken Texas congresswoman, dies at 74. The long-serving Democrat, a champion of African American and women’s rights, announced in June that she had pancreatic cancer.

Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died, according to a statement from her office. She was 74.

Jackson Lee began her congressional career as an underdog, defeating four-term U.S. Rep. Craig Washington in the 1994 Democratic primary, before establishing herself as a fixture in Congress and ...

Jackson Lee was born on Jan. 12, 1950, in Queens, New York. She served on the Houston City Council from 1989 to 1994 and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1995.

Members of Congress took to social media to remember Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who died Friday evening at the age of 74. Many of her colleagues highlighted Lee’s nearly three-decade … ...

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee passed away on July 19 at the age of 74 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, which she had publicly announced in June.

Jackson Lee was born on Jan. 12, 1950, in Queens, New York. She served on the Houston City Council from 1989 to 1994 and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1995.

Jackson Lee was born on Jan. 12, 1950, in Queens, New York. She served on the Houston City Council from 1989 to 1994 and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1995.