[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 126 (Thursday, August 1, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5837]
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                     REMEMBERING SHEILA JACKSON LEE

  Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, while he is still on the floor, let me 
thank my friend from New Jersey, and I particularly appreciated the 
comments about our mutual friend, now deceased, Sheila Jackson Lee. I 
know her family was there today for a memorial service, the celebration 
of her life. She was, well, what we call in Texas a piece of work. She 
was not an easy person to say no to.
  (Mr. BOOKER assumed the Chair.)
  One of the most significant things that we did together, along with 
the Senator from New Jersey, in recent months was to do for the Nation 
what Texas has done for the last 40 years; that is, celebrate 
Juneteenth.
  As you know, this is a celebration of the announcement of the 
Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, TX, 2 years after it was 
signed--slaves who learned for the first time they were free. We 
celebrate that on Juneteenth.
  It was an honor to work with her on that, as well as the Senator from 
New Jersey, and I appreciate his comments about her.

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