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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee not attending Inauguration as 'act of conscience'

By FOX 26 Houston staff
Published January 20, 2017
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HOUSTON (FOX 26) - In support of fellow Congress member John Lewis, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee will not attend the inauguration of President-Elect Donald Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence.

In the following statement, Jackson Lee refers to her absence as an "act of conscience" and not a boycott:

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