US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas to lie in state at Houston city hall

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US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas to lie in state at Houston city hall

HOUSTON (AP) — Several days of events honoring the life of longtime U.S. Rep.

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of Texas were set to begin Monday with the lawmaker lying in state in Houston’s city hall.

President Joe Biden also was scheduled to come to Houston Monday evening to pay his respects to Jackson Lee, according to the White House.

“No matter the issue — from delivering ******* justice to building an economy for working people — she was unrelenting in her leadership,” Biden said in a statement after Jackson Lee’s ******.

The congresswoman, who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic ********* and recognize

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as a national holiday, was 74 when she ***** on July 19 after battling pancreatic *******.

Her body will lie in state in Houston’s city hall rotunda for 10 hours on Monday.

The Democrat had represented her Houston-based district and the nation’s fourth-largest city since 1995. She previously had ******* ******* and announced the

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on June 2.

Mayor

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, along with members of Jackson Lee’s family and religious leaders, are expected to take part in a prayer service Monday morning on the steps of city hall before the rotunda is opened to the public.

“For decades, Congresswoman Jackson Lee was a dedicated fighter for Houstonians. I invite everyone to visit city hall to pay tribute to this true public ******** and honor her unwavering commitment to our community,” Whitmire said.

Before being elected to Congress, Jackson Lee served on Houston’s city council from 1990 to 1994.

She is set to be only the second person to be granted the honor of lying in state in Houston’s city hall rotunda. The other was renowned cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey, who ***** in 2008.

Jackson Lee also is set to be remembered at viewings and services on Tuesday and Wednesday before her ******** Thursday.

Vice President Kamala Harris was scheduled to attend the ******** service in Houston.

After first being elected, Jackson Lee quickly established herself as fierce advocate for women and minorities and a leader for House Democrats on many social justice issues, from policing reform to reparations for descendants of enslaved people. She led the first rewrite of the

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in nearly a decade, which included protections for Native *********, transgender and immigrant women.

Jackson Lee routinely won reelection to Congress with ease. She

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to be Houston’s mayor last year.

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