Celebratory words poured in from local Texas leaders including Rep. Jasmine Crockett
Fox 26 reported that Erica Lee Carter, the daughter of late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, was officially sworn in to take over her mother’s seat in the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
After taking the oath in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12, she addressed her fellow Congress members and alluded to her excitement about working with them.
“Thank you to the voters of the 18th Congressional District of Texas for entrusting me with the remainder of the term for the 118th Congress.
“I am honored to finish for you and in the memory of my mother, the late great Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee,” Carter said, according to Click 2 Houston.
“I am ready to stand up and work for you. I look forward to collaborating with Speaker Mike Johnson, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and all of my Congressional colleagues on the important issues facing the United States House of Representatives on behalf of the American people.”
The legacy lives on! Erica Lee Carter, daughter of the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, has been sworn in to fill her mother’s seat for the rest of the 118th Congress. This historic moment marks the first mother-daughter succession in the U.S. Congress. Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/juosyjtcRi— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) November 14, 2024
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee held the position from 1995 until her death. Carter documented her journey on X, formerly known as Twitter, posting a picture of her seated in her mother’s old office. “It is an indescribable honor and deeply humbling to be sworn in as the next Congresswoman of Texas’ 18th Congressional District,” she tweeted. “Standing here today, I proudly take the place of my mother, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.”
It is an indescribable honor and deeply humbling to be sworn in as the next Congresswoman of Texas’ 18th Congressional District. Standing here today, I proudly take the place of my mother, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, pic.twitter.com/KJDhXHay46— Erica Lee Carter (@EricaSLeeCarter) November 13, 2024
Local Texas leaders, including Rep. Jasmine Crockett, offered celebratory words. She extended a “warm welcome” to Carter, who resembles her mother, saying she knows the former Congresswoman “is looking down with pride.”
Source: Black Enterprise
