Representatives of Grifols, Inc. honored Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) with its 2009 Public Policy Leadership Award at a luncheon on Capitol Hill for her health care advocacy on behalf of the chronically ill and medically underserved populations. Grifols, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical manufacturer that employs more than 600 people from the Los Angeles area at its facility on Lillyvale Avenue in Los Angeles. Grifols’ products include plasma therapies that are used to treat a variety o... Read more

Representatives of the Go For Broke National Education Center thanked Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) for her efforts in Congress, along with Rep. Adam Schiff, to secure $4 million in federal funds to build the Go For Broke National Education Center in the Little Tokyo area of Downtown Los Angeles. The new building will be headquarters for the Go For Broke National Education Center and stand adjacent to the Go For Broke Monument that the organization unveiled in 1999. Today, the orga... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) congratulates the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy officials on the school’s receipt of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Inaugural Award for Transformative Community Service. Located in Boyle Heights and Lincoln Heights on the USC Health Sciences Campus adjacent to the LAC+USC Medical Center, the school received the award in recognition of its pioneering work in delivering first-rate clinical pharmacy services, inclu... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard visited with students and faculty of the Civitas School of Leadership who were in our nation’s capital to advocate on behalf of small and personalized learning communities. Housed on the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center in Downtown Los Angeles, it is among the campus’ small learning communities, each of which includes general studies, science, and specialized classrooms, as well as local administration. The Civitas School of Leadership is dedicated to empoweri... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) discusses federal issues related to credit unions with local credit union representatives who were in our nation’s capital for the annual Credit Union National Association Governmental Affairs Conference. Pictured in the photo from left to right: Jon Hernandez, CEO, City of Downey Federal Credit Union; Congresswoman Roybal-Allard (CA-34); Andy Doyle, Chairman of the Board for the City of Downey Federal Credit Union; and Annice Kim, CEO LA Healthcare Fe... Read more

At a dinner gala at the Omni Hotel in Downtown, Congresswoman Roybal-Allard (CA-34) presents congressional record tributes to the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco on the occasion of the order’s 100 years of dedicated service to young people across the country. In the 34th Congressional District, the Sisters established St. Dominic Savio School in Bellflower, which opened in 1956. The Salesian Sisters also operate St. Mary’s Catholic School in Boyle Heights. In addition, the Sisters previously ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard congratulates the Katherine Hikida, the incoming President of the Japanese American Bar Association at the group’s 33rd Annual Japanese American Bar Association Installation & Awards Gala at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Downtown. During her remarks, the congresswoman also paid tribute to the late Congressman Robert Matsui, who was honored with the Japanese American Bar Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. His wife, Congresswoman Doris Matsui, was o... Read more

At a ceremony attended by more than 75 people at the Japanese American National Museum, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined area families and other community leaders in commemorating the first anniversary of Little Tokyo’s designation as a Preserve America Neighborhood by the National Park Service. Little Tokyo was the first community in Los Angeles to receive this honor followed by Chinatown and Thai Town late last year. The occasion also celebrated the award of a $250,000 federa... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) hosted representatives from 11 area hospitals at a roundtable discussion she organized at the Rosewood Park Meeting Room to discuss the health care issues of most concern to the hospitals and their patients. A member of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee of Appropriations, the congresswoman listened to the hospital representatives who shared their insights about the impact of federal policies on health care issues facing th... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined small business leaders who are members of five area chambers to update them on what Congress is doing to help small businesses and bolster the local economy. Held at the Embassy Suites hotel in Downey, the crowded multi-chamber mixer was hosted by the chambers in Downey, Vernon, Santa Fe Springs, Paramount, and the Commerce Industrial Council. As the congresswoman talked with the chamber members about their businesses, she also explained that th... Read more