“Today, with incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of the 18th Congressional District of Texas.”
FILE – House Judiciary Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, delivers opening statements during a hearing on oversight of the Drug Enforcement Administration, July 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lee says she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing treatment. The Texas Democrat is seeking a 16th term and said late Sunday, June 2, 2024 that she’s confident that doctors have developed a strong plan to target her disease. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee uses a portable fan provided by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s staff while visiting damaged Sinclair Elementary School, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at Timbergrove in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is seen at a House Homeland Security Committee markup of Articles of Impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the Capitol on January 30, 2024.
FILE – Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee meeting, Dec. 13, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Texas has some competitive U.S. House races on the ballot in Tuesday’s primaries. An unusually tight race is brewing for Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s seat after she lost her bid to become Houston’s mayor last year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is seen as the House votes to adjourn on the second day of the 118th session of Congress on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. (Greg Nash)
FILE – Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference, April 2, 2020, in Houston. U.S. Rep. Jackson Lee, who is running to be Houston’s next mayor, is expressing regret and saying “everyone deserves to be treated with dignity” following the release of an unverified audio recording purported to be of the longtime Democratic lawmaker allegedly berating staff members with a barrage of expletives. The recording was released days before the start of early voting Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 in the Nov. 7 election. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, file)
Mayoral candidate U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speaks to supporters during an election watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at Bayou Place in Houston. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, as the panel holds an emergency meeting to advance a series of Democratic gun control measures, called the Protecting Our Kids Act, in response to mass shootings in Texas and New York, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D) is running for U.S. House 18.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, left, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., prepare to vote as the House Judiciary Committee approves two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Representative Jackson Lee leaves a historic mark on American politics. Her longtime career and free-spoken advocacy remains an important legacy.
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