Biography
Representative from Texas; born in New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, La., September 1, 1947; attended Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Fla., 1966-1971; attended Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala.; J.D., Texas Southern University, Houston, Tex., 1974; lawyer, private practice; justice of the peace, Harris County, Tex., 1977-2004; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-present); censured by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 6, 2025, for conduct during a Joint Address by the President which "disrupted the proceedings . . . and was a breach of proper conduct."Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
