The Houston Democrat announced earlier this year that she had cancer.
Sheila Jackson Lee died on Friday amid her battle with pancreatic cancer. She was one of the longest serving members of Texas’ Congress ional delegation.We’re testing using AI-powered tools to provide an audio version of this story. While this audio recording is machine-generated, the story was written by human journalists.
She often used her trademark chutzpah to fight for federal funds to be sent to Houston. In 2009, she secured $1 billion for the city’s light system after cornering then-Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood ahead of then-President Barack Obama’s first joint address to Congress. She could reliably be found in the aisle ahead of the State of the Union address, among the few members to directly meet with the president on his way to the dais.
The Texas Tribune is committed to transparency and integrity, especially as new technologies are on the rise.“I hope I’ve been a humble servant for you for 28 years,” she said at City Cathedral Church, where she announced her bid. “Sheila Jackson Lee wants to come home to be your Mayor, for the City of Houston.”
She served on the Houston city council before launching her 1994 campaign for Congress. She and Austin Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett were the longest-serving Texans in Congress at the time of her death.
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