Following this morning’s meeting with the President at the White House, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard made the following statement: “I am pleased that the President committed to working with the members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus this year to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation. To help us craft the best and most comprehensive immigration bill possible, he committed to hosting a public forum – as he has on other critical issues such as health care – that will includ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) congratulated 10-year-old Mikayla Minnig of Downey on her informative testimony before the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on which the congresswoman sits, about pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JA). Mikayla’s spoken testimony focused on her story on behalf of the nearly 300,000 other children with JA and the need for more JA research at the National Institutes of Health. A 5t... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with firefighters from Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles during their visit to our nation’s capital as participants in the International Association of Fire Fighters Legislative Conference. The firefighters discussed federal legislation with the congresswoman that would make their jobs safer, including the critical need to support federal grant programs to assist local fire departments afford critically-needed equipment and training,... Read more

Los Angeles City Councilman Ed Reyes updates Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard on efforts underway to convert the LA River from a concrete channel into a safe, clean and green river. Plans for the 31 miles of the river include the development of parks, green space, pedestrian walkways, bridges, housing, and various economic development projects that will create jobs while maintaining the river’s vital function of flood control for the community. Congresswoman Roybal-Allard led efforts in the U... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined other community leaders and area families at a town hall meeting to raise awareness about the need for comprehensive immigration reform. The gathering at Our Lady Queen of Angels, La Placita Church, in Downtown was part of a national five-week family unity campaign involving leaders and advocates in 17 major American cities who are organizing community meetings, prayer vigils and town hall meetings to document the many family hardships caused by... Read more

Congresswoman Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with Los Angeles-area education, business, and civic leaders who pledged during their meeting to work with the congresswoman to create a unified vision for education and workforce development efforts in the Los Angeles region. The group was a part of a 230 delegation from across Southern California that traveled to our nation’s capital to advocate for federal investments that create jobs and stimulate the economy. The delegation called on federal legisla... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard meets with members of the California State Association of Letter Carriers who were in town for a biennial spring legislative seminar in our nation’s capital. During this meeting, they discussed issues affecting postal workers, such as the Employee Free Choice Act and the financial challenges facing the United States Postal Service. -- ### -- Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) is pleased to announce final passage of a spending measure that includes millions of dollars in federal funds for major programs and projects that she championed throughout the year for her district and the community at large. “In an ongoing effort to help our nation’s families cope with the current economic crisis, the spending measure passed this week will keep our government running this year while reinvesting in key domestic priorities,” Congresswo... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with the president and trustees of the University of Southern California to talk about the university's acquisition of USC University Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, located on USC’s Health Sciences Campus in Boyle Heights in the 34th Congressional District. The group discussed the benefits of this investment by USC, which will create an integrated academic medical center and enhance the quality of patient care for area residents. -- ###... Read more

Please click here to read the congresswoman’s remarks to the delegation Today on Capitol Hill, a delegation of 230 business and civic leaders from across Southern California joined together to advocate for federal investments that create jobs and stimulate the economy. The delegation called on federal legislators to rev “America’s Recovery Engine” through strategic investments in the region’s infrastructure, workforce, natural resources and more. Representing nearly six percent of U.S. Gross Dom... Read more