Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee show sher Astros pride in 2018.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, attends a Memorial Day ceremony at Houston National Cemetery on Monday, May 27, 2024 in Houston.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee never missed the chance to take the microphone. You knew once she stood in front of a podium, you’d be there for a while.

In politics, it's the loudest voices that are heard. So as much as Jackson Lee, who died Friday at age 74 of pancreatic cancer, was criticized for her brash approach, being quiet would not have served her or her community well. She always had something important to say whether it was at a funeral, a concert benefit, or a speech in front of Congress.

She would not be bound by time constraints either. That........

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