For the third year in a row, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard hosted representatives from nine area health care clinics – all members of the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County – at a roundtable discussion she organized at the City of Commerce Emergency Operations Center. They gathered to discuss the health care issues of most concern to the clinics and their patients. A member of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee of Appropriations, the congresswom... Read more

Friends of the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA in Boyle Heights honor Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) with its Heart of the Family Award at a ceremony held at the Cicada Restaurant in Downtown. The congresswoman helped to secure federal funds to enable the youth center to expand and renovate its facility. "Congresswoman Roybal-Allard received the Heart of the Family Award in recognition of her long commitment to this YMCA, which offers multiple programs and Summer Camp to the East Los... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) pins the Purple Heart medal on Mr. Frank Sedillo of East Los Angeles for a gun-shot wound he sustained during WWII during a meeting at her district office. An 18-year-old Private First Class in the U.S. Army at the time, Mr. Sedillo parachuted into Germany with the 17th Airborne Division when he was shot by enemy troops on March 24, 1945. Mr. Sedillo, now 81, received his medal with the assistance of the congresswoman’s casework manager who sent an inq... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard greeted the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger & Homelessness’ Executive Director, Bob Erlenbusch, at the reception for the organization’s 6th annual gala. The coalition’s mission is to work collectively to end hunger and homelessness through public education, technical assistance, public policy analysis, advocacy, organizing and community action. -- ### -- Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard congratulates California First Lady Maria Shriver who was honored by the PUENTE Learning Center at a ceremony at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles. Pictured on the left is Sister Jennie Lechtenberg, founder and Chief Executive Officer of the PUENTE Learning Center, which stands for People United to Enrich the Neighborhood Through Education. The Center was founded by Sister Jennie in 1985 to offer children and adults in the Boyle Heights/East Los Angele... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer to highlight the $80 million they secured recently through the Fiscal Year 2008 federal appropriations process to continue construction of the Edward R. Roybal Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Gloria Molina, Yvonne B. Burke and Zev Yaroslavsky, and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) CEO Roger Snoble also took part in the ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Mayor Villaraigosa and other local leaders at a press conference to discuss the Economic Stimulus package recently passed by Congress and other local initiatives to create jobs and better protect the environment. The event was located atop the Los Angeles Convention Center’s solar rooftop parking lot which is part of the largest solar energy-generating convention center in North America. At the event, Congresswoman Roybal-A... Read more

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Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard applauded the swift bipartisan passage of the Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act, which was signed into law by the President today (2/13/08). The measure is expected to result in rebate checks for working families as soon as mid-May and help create 500,000 jobs by the end of the year. "More than 130 million families, including seniors and veterans with disabilities, will directly benefit from this economic stimulus measure. Thro... Read more

Representatives from the Los Angeles Community College (LACCD) District thanked Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) for her ongoing support of federal funding for higher education and discussed issues facing students of the Los Angeles Community College District. The District is the largest community college district in the United States and one of the largest in the world. The District's headquarters is located Downtown in the congresswoman's district. The District consists of nine coll... Read more