Houston Mayor John Whitmire speaks during a brief ceremony as the public arrives to pay their respect to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as she lies in state Monday, July 29, 2024, at Houston City Hall in Houston. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
President Joe Biden pays respects to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, as she lay in state in the rotunda of Houston City Hall, Monday, July 29, 2024. Pictured from left are her husband Elwyn Lee and her son Jason Lee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Family members of the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee including husband, Elwyn, left, son Jason and daughter Erica, back right, greet well-wishers while Jackson Lee's casket lies in state in the rotunda of Houston City Hall Monday, July 29, 2024, in Houston. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Ben Burns talks with a man named Motapa as they wait to pay their respects to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as she lies in state Monday, July 29, 2024, at Houston City Hall in Houston. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Attendees sign a guest book after paying respect to the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in the rotunda of Houston City Hall on Monday, July 29, 2024, in Houston. Jackson Lee died on July 19 after battling pancreatic cancer. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
President Joe Biden pays respects to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, as she lays in state in the rotunda of Houston City Hall, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
FILE - Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee meeting, Dec. 13, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Several days of events honoring the life of longtime U.S. Rep. Jackson Lee of Texas are set to begin. On Monday, July 29, 2024, the longtime lawmaker will lie in state in the rotunda of Houston’s city hall. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)
Family members stand in front of the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's casket in the rotunda of Houston City Hall on Monday, July 29, 2024, in Houston. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Batina "Tina" Smith takes video as she pays respect to the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in the rotunda of Houston City Hall Monday, July 29, 2024, in Houston. Jackson Lee died on July 19 after battling pancreatic cancer. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
People wait to pay their respects as the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee lies in state Monday, July 29, 2024, at Houston City Hall in Houston. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
President Joe Biden pays respects to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, as she lays in state in the rotunda of Houston City Hall, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Houston City Council Member Martha Castex-Tatum listens during a brief ceremony as the public arrives to pay their respect to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as she lies in state Monday, July 29, 2024, at Houston City Hall in Houston. "It's really surreal to know that the congresswoman is not here," Castex-Tatum said. "It feels very hollow in Houston right now." (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Erica Lee, daughter of the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is comforted by Houston City Council Member Tiffany D. Thomas in the City Hall rotunda Monday, July 29, 2024 in Houston. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
Tina Knowles was in attendance with the Lee family before a short prayer ceremony for the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee at Houston City Hall on Monday, July 29, 2024, in Houston. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
FILE - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, poses for photographers as she arrives at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 29, 2023. Several days of events honoring the life of longtime U.S. Rep. Jackson Lee of Texas are set to begin. On Monday, July 29, 2024, the longtime lawmaker will lie in state in the rotunda of Houston’s city hall. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
A member of the Houston Police Dept., watches the line as people pay their respect to the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in the rotunda of Houston City Hall on Monday, July 29, 2024 in Houston. Jackson Lee died on July 19 after battling pancreatic cancer. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
President Joe Biden pays respects to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, as she lays in state in the rotunda of Houston City Hall, Monday, July 29, 2024. Pictured from left are her husband Elwyn Lee and her son Jason Lee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
People are overcome with emotion as the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's casket in the rotunda of Houston City Hall on Monday, July 29, 2024, in Houston. Jackson Lee died on July 19 after battling pancreatic cancer. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
FILE - Mayoral candidate U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speaks to supporters during an election watch party, Nov. 7, 2023, at Bayou Place in Houston. Several days of events honoring the life of longtime U.S. Rep. Jackson Lee of Texas are set to begin. On Monday, July 29, 2024, the longtime lawmaker will lie in state in the rotunda of Houston’s city hall. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
President Joe Biden pays respects to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, as she lays in state in the rotunda of Houston City Hall, Monday, July 29, 2024. Pictured from left are her husband Elwyn Lee and her son Jason Lee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
President Joe Biden pays respects to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, as she lays in state in the rotunda of Houston City Hall, Monday, July 29, 2024. Pictured from left are her husband Elwyn Lee and her son Jason Lee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Houston Mayor John Whitmire, right, walks into Houston City Hall rotunda with Sheila Jackson Lee's husband Elwyn, and daughter Erica as U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee lies in state on Monday, July 29, 2024, in Houston. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)