 At 6.33, she was a trailblazer and she was a firebrand on the floor of the House. Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee died yesterday, weeks after revealing that she had pancreatic cancer. In a statement, President Biden said Jackson Lee was a fearless fighter for the people of Houston. She took to the House floor in May to address violence during the campus protests over the war in Gaza. Let me take this one minute to say to the American people, we are better than this.