Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) signs the Divided We Fail pledge, committing to create meaningful bipartisan solutions to the health care and financial security crises plaguing America. As part of a coordinated effort by the organizations of Divided We Fail -- AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU -- more than 800 employers, workers and retirees fanned out across Capitol Hill on July 25 to meet with their elected officials and ask them to sign the pledge. By the end of the day, 86 lawma... Read more

A national not-for-profit funded by America’s leading distillers, The Century Council honored Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) with its 2007 award for her “outstanding commitment to fight drunk driving and underage drinking.” The congresswoman (shown holding the award next to Century Council Chair Susan Molinari) is the author of a new law called, “The STOP (Sober Truth on Preventing) Underage Drinking Act.” The STOP Act makes permanent an Ad Council national media campaign directed a... Read more

L.A. City Councilmember Antonio R. Villaraigosa hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday, July 17, 2004 at the site of the new Boyle Heights Technology and Recreation Center, located at Fourth Street and Gless across from the Pico Gardens housing development. The Councilmember was joined by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard who was instrumental in securing federal funding to help pay for the project and Cord Bailey, Executive Director of Los Angeles Youth Opportunity Movement, the entity that... Read more

University of Southern California Campus – Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard congratulated 44 campers on their graduation from the new University of Southern California’s (USC) ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp. Participating students in the free two-week program attend area schools including Murchison Elementary School and Sheridan Elementary School, both in Boyle Heights, in the 34th District. USC is the only university in California selected for the science camp program which is... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard participated in the grand opening festivities for a new Ralphs Fresh Fare grocery store in downtown Los Angeles in the 34th District, the first major grocery store in the area in 50 years. An estimated one thousand people gathered at the front steps of the store at 645 West 9th Street between Flower and Olive Streets in downtown, where the congresswoman joined Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles City Councilmember Jan Perry in a ribbon-cutti... Read more

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed the 21 minimum drinking age into law, saying, “This problem is bigger than the individual States. It's a grave national problem, and it touches all our lives. With the problem so clear-cut and the proven solution at hand, we have no misgiving about this judicious use of federal power. I'm convinced that it will help persuade State legislators to act in the national interest to save our children's lives, by raising the drinking age to 21 across the country.... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard applauded today’s House passage of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill, which makes critical health, education, and workforce investments. Included in the legislation is $2.25 million in federal funding for important local initiatives to benefit the citizens of the 34th District and the greater Los Angeles community. “This spending bill makes great strides in redirecting resources back to the kind of investments needed to pro... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard visits with 19-year-old Lanna Aguilera of Downey who is spending the summer in our nation’s capital interning at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency. The opportunity was made possible through the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) internship program, which places students in a wide variety of work environments throughout the country. Lanna was among 426 students selected from a pool of more than 5,000 applicants for t... Read more

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Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard voted in favor of legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 16 to ease the backlog that has made it difficult for Americans to receive passports. The legislation was unanimously approved by the House and awaits further action by the U.S. Senate. “The State Department failed to anticipate and prepare for an increase in passport applications following the January implementation of a 2004 law requiring U.S. citizens flying to Canada, Mexico, Bermud... Read more