Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat, announced late Sunday that she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She has represented the 18th Congressional District since 1995.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) has died at the age of 74. An official statement released via social media last Friday (July 19) confirmed her passing. According to Axios, Jackson Lee was diagnosed ...

Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for ...

Sheila Jackson Lee. She died in July from pancreatic cancer. The bar has been set high by Lee and her predecessors — Barbara Jordan, Mickey Leland and Craig Washington — who carved out a ...

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Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner and the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee — colleagues, friends and proud Houstonians — often spoke of a shared goal to serve the city they ...