Texas House Resolution 398 honors the life of U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston representative and champion of social justice.
Texas House Resolution 398 pays tribute to the life of U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, who passed away on July 19, 2024. Born in New York City and raised in Jamaica, Queens, Sheila Jackson Lee earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Yale University. She completed her law degree at the University of Virginia and moved to Houston in 1978, where she began her career at Fulbright & Jaworski law firm. Over her career, she served as a municipal judge, city council member, deputy agriculture commissioner, and was elected to Congress 14 times.
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