Who is Sheila Jackson lee and what did she have to say at Michael Jacksons funeral?
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who helped lead a recognition of Michael Jackson’s life on the House floor two weeks ago, spoke today at Jackson’s memorial service in Los Angeles. Jackson Lee said she was speaking on behalf of the members of Congress and the Congressional Black Caucus. “I can tell you as a member of the United States Congress, we understand the Constitution, we understand laws and we know that people are innocent until proven otherwise,” she said, presumably noting the child molestation charges Jackson had been acquited of. “That is what the Constitution stands for.” “America appreciates and thanks you for Michael Jackson’s life,” she said to the Jackson family, holding up a framed copy of a House bill. “For that reason, we have introduced into the House of Representatives this Resolution 600 that will be debated on the floor of the House that claims Michael Jackson as an American legend and musical icon, a world humanitarian — someone who will be honored forever a
Sheila Jackson Lee | 3:03 p.m. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas is next, representing the House of Representatives, the Congressional Black Caucus, and “everyman and everywoman.” She compares the story of Michael Jackson to the biblical story of the Good Samaritan. Mr. Jackson, she said, visited soldiers at Walter Reade Hospital during the Iraq war. On June 25, she said, members of the House and the Congressional Black Caucus held a moment of silence in Jackson’s honor. The House, she said, has introduced a resolution to name Michael Jackson an American musical legend and world humanitarian. She says that he is “Someone who will be honored forever, and forever, and forever and forever.” “We are the world, and we are better because Michael Joseph Jackson lived,” says Ms. Jackson Lee. Sources: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/watching-the-jackson-memo
