President Biden, House members among mourners for former Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Pastor Bryan Carter of Concord Church speaks during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at his church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson pays his respects at the casket of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson before a funeral service at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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A video message from Vice President Kamala Harris is played during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, speaks during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Sondra Johnson sings “We Shall Behold Him"during funeral services for her mother-in-law former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Lisa Sherron and Michael Thomas embrace as they pay their respects before funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Family members embrace near the casket during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Members of the Community Choir sing during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died at age 89 on Dec. 31. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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A video message from former President Bill Clinton is played during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Rep. James Clyburn, D-SC, wipes a tear as he stands with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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A mourner holds a program during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, top center, listens to a speaker during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died at age 89 on Dec. 31. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Kirk Johnson reaches into his mother’s casket during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, back, hugs Kirk Johnson, son of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, after speaking during her funeral services at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died at age 89 on Dec. 31. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Kirk Johnson reaches out to touch his mother’s casket after sepaking during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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The casket of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson departs the Hall of State in Fair Park after she lied in state on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died at age 89 on Dec. 31. Her funeral will be held Tuesday at Concord Church in Dallas. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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A processional carrying the casket former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson moves through downtown to Concord Church after she lied in state the Hall of State in Fair Park on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Dallas.Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died at age 89 on Dec. 31. Her funeral will be held Tuesday at Concord Church in Dallas. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Mourners gather for a prayer service for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died on Dec. 31. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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President Joe Biden reaches out to touch the casket of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson during a prayer service at Concord Church on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died on Dec. 31. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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President Joe Biden walks by U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson’s casket after paying his respects during her wake at Concord Church in Dallas on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died on Dec. 31. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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The casket of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson is placed in a hearse while departing the Hall of State in Fair Park after she lied in state on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died at age 89 on Dec. 31. Her funeral will be held Tuesday at Concord Church in Dallas. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett speaks during a prayer service for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died on Dec. 31. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Rep. Jame Clyburn, D-S.C., prays near the casket of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson during a prayer service at Concord Church on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died on Dec. 31. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Family members, including son Kirk Johnson, right, and his wife Sondra Johnson, bow their heads in prayer at the Hall of State in Fair Park at the Hall of State in Fair Park while former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson lies in state on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died at age 89 on Dec. 31. Her funeral will be held Tuesday at Concord Church in Dallas. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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President Joe Biden greets Kirk Johnson, son of U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, as he arrives to her wake at Concord Church in Dallas on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died on Dec. 31. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Family members, including son Kirk Johnson, left, and his wife Sondra Johnson, watch as the casket of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson is placed in a hearse while departing the Hall of State in Fair Park after she lied in state on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died at age 89 on Dec. 31. Her funeral will be held Tuesday at Concord Church in Dallas. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Mourners pay their respects as former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson lies in state at the Hall of State at Fair Park on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died at age 89 on Dec. 31. Her funeral will be held Tuesday at Concord Church in Dallas. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

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Harris County commissioner Rodney Ellis speaks while flanked by State Sen. Royce West, left, and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died at age 89 on Dec. 31. (Smiley Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

By JAMIE STENGLE

DALLAS (AP) — Members of Congress joined mourners in Dallas on Tuesday to remember former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a day after President Joe Biden came to Texas to pay his respects to the trailblazing congresswoman.

“What a life that she lived,” U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the top House Democrat, told those attending her funeral at Concord Church in Dallas. “A life filled with loving her community. A life filled with leadership for the people. A life that left behind a lasting legacy of transformational change.”

Johnson, who died at age of 89 on Dec. 31, served in Congress for 30 years. On Monday, mourners streamed by as her body lay in state at Dallas’ Fair Park before a wake later that evening that was attended by Biden.

Jeffries, who noted that more than 25 members of Congress were in attendance at the funeral, said that she served as a guiding force.

Johnson, who was the first registered nurse elected to Congress, helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area and was the region’s most powerful Democrat. She had been the first Black chief psychiatric nurse at Dallas’ Veterans Affairs hospital. She also became the first Black woman to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and she led the Congressional Black Caucus.

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“A nurse by training, Congresswoman Johnson always used her position of leadership to bring healing and hope to the people she served,” Vice President Kamala Harris said in a video message played at the funeral.

Former President Bill Clinton also said in a video message that “the heat” never bothered Johnson. “She just stood up for what she thought was right,” Clinton said.

Born in Waco, she grew up in the segregated South. In 2019, Dallas’ once-segregated Union Station was renamed in her honor in 2019.

Johnson left office in January after repeatedly delaying her retirement. Before Congress, she served in the Texas Legislature. Her family’s attorney has said Johnson died from an infection she developed at a rehabilitation facility following back surgery in the fall.

There will be a graveside service for Johnson in Austin on Wednesday at Texas State Cemetery, which is the burial site for prominent Texans.