Harris Honors Sheila Jackson Lee as ‘Fierce Champion of Justice’ in Eulogy

‘She never lost an opportunity to fight for the people she served, and her fight was born out of love,’ Harris said.
Harris Honors Sheila Jackson Lee as ‘Fierce Champion of Justice’ in Eulogy
Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris delivers the eulogy for US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee at Fallbrook Church in Houston, Texas, on August 1, 2024. MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images
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Vice President Kamala Harris paid her respects to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Aug. 1, delivering a eulogy honoring the congresswoman’s decades of service to the United States at a church in Houston.

Jackson Lee, 74, died on July 19, just more than a month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was one of the most prominent black congressional leaders since she began representing Texas’s 18th district in 1995.

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