Each year, thousands of hardworking families in the 34th Congressional District and throughout the Los Angeles area lose money they're entitled to because they fail to take advantage of two important tax credits – the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC). Could you be one of them? As the April 15 deadline approaches for filing your taxes, I encourage you to find out whether you qualify for one or both of these credits. The answer could mean more money in your pocket, ev... Read more

As the April 15 deadline to file tax returns approaches, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) encourages teachers, teachers' aides, principals and counselors to take advantage of a federal tax deduction for school supplies purchased with their own money. The $250 deduction - available to educators regardless of whether they itemize - can be taken by an educator for unreimbursed school-related expenses for items such as books, pencils, scissors, paper and art supplies, computer equipment, ... Read more

Faye Washington, CEO of YWCA of Greater Los Angeles (center), and Sharon Shelton, the organization’s director of program services (on right), updated Congresswoman Lucille Roybal (CA-34) (on left) about pending development plans for the new Urban Job Corps Campus in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. The YWCA of Greater LA runs the Job Corps program for the Los Angeles Area. The new urban campus, which awaits construction, will serve as a prototype to be replicated in other urban centers around ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard meets with representatives of the Los Angeles Tower Local of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association to discuss federal issues of concern to air traffic controllers, including the Federal Aviation Administration’s Reauthorization. -- ### -- Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) CEO Roger Snoble and Pam O'Connor, Chair of Metro Board of Directors and a Santa Monica City Councilmember (pictured on right), for an overview of the authority’s FY09 federal funding priorities, including its homeland security needs. They also provided the congresswoman with a construction update on the Edward R. Roybal Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, which is named after th... Read more

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) responded to President Bush’s State of the Union today. “The State of the Union is an opportunity for the CHC and all Americans to consider where we are as a country, where we want to go, and how to best get there,” said Congressman Joe Baca, Chair of the CHC. “It is important to share our priorities which not only affect Hispanics, but our nation on the whole. The President had an opportunity to make his priorities clear for his final year in office in hi... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) tours a Payless Shoesource store in Bell Gardens and discusses pending legislation before Congress affecting the footwear industry with store managers and employees. The congresswoman explained that she is a co-sponsor of legislation called the Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 that would eliminate a certain tax on low-cost shoe imports. The issue is a concern to the company, which is owned by Collective Brands, Inc., the largest non-athletic footwear co... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (left) visited the Walgreens pharmacy located in Bellflower at 9031 Rosecrans Avenue. Tiffany Huynh, Walgreens District Pharmacy Supervisor (second left), Bill Diamant, Walgreens Pharmacy Manager (right), and Art Ruiz, Store Manager (second on right), gave the congresswoman an informal tour of the pharmacy and talked about the role community pharmacies play in helping maintain patient health. As a member of the Appropriations Health Subcommittee, the congressw... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) congratulates Downey Chamber of Commerce President Jaime Garcia of Kaiser Permanente on the chamber's 105th Anniversary at a luncheon held at the Embassy Suites on Firestone Blvd. The congresswoman presented the chamber with a certificate of recognition which read "in honor of your 105 years of outstanding commitment and dedicated service to improving the business community and the quality of life in the City of Downey." The congresswoman also recogniz... Read more

During a visit to Washington, D.C. this week to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors, City of Bellflower Mayor Scott Larsen met with Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) to thank her for her successful efforts in Congress to secure federal funding for 170 bus stop shelters in the community as well as for its planned fire department museum. The congresswoman and the mayor also discussed the city’s other priorities, including transportation and water infrastructure initiatives. Following th... Read more