 I'm Christopher Cruz. Texas Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has died. Last month, she announced she'd been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Here's KHOU-TV reporter Mia Gradney in Houston. The Congresswoman was born January 12, 1950, in Queens, New York. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1995. She served in the Houston City Council from 1989 to 1994 and then ran for Houston mayor in 2023.