The vice president will travel to Houston again next week.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to return to Houston on Thursday, August 1. According to a statement from the vice president’s office, Harris will attend a celebration of life ceremony for Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

The trip comes as Harris’ campaign claims to have raised more than $126 million in less than a week. At a fundraiser in Massachusetts on Saturday, Vice President Harris called her campaign an underdog. Former President Trump spoke at a Bitcoin conference in Tennessee, saying he was “running against a low-IQ person.”

Following the announcement of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s death, Vice President Harris called her “a tenacious advocate for justice and a tireless fighter for the people of Houston and the American people.”

The Vice President added that Congresswoman Jackson Lee was “a dear friend for many years and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated sorority. As a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, I had the opportunity to work closely with her on many issues and observe her leadership firsthand. She was relentless – one of the fiercest, smartest, and most strategic leaders in our country in her thinking about how to get things done. There was never a small or trivial conversation with the Congresswoman. She was always fighting for the people of Houston and the American people.”

This is Harris’ third visit to Texas in the past month.

On Wednesday, Harris was in Houston to tour the city’s emergency operations center and receive a briefing on ongoing rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Beryl. She then delivered the opening address at the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th national convention on Thursday.

Vice President Harris’ speech included themes such as her own public school education, the role of educators, health care and the importance of unions.

Earlier this month, the Vice President was also in Dallas to deliver a keynote address at the 71st Boulé of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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