Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard participated in the opening ceremonies for the 67th Annual Nisei Week Festival, a celebration of Japanese and Japanese American culture and history. About 150 people gathered at the Pavilion in the Japanese American National Museum on 369 East First Street in Little Tokyo, where the congresswoman joined Consul General of Japan Kazuo Kodama and Los Angeles City Councilmember Jan Perry in a Shinto purification ceremony as part of the opening ceremonies. Congress... Read more

On July 13, I was honored to join my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006. This important legislation, known as the VRA, was first enacted in 1965. During the 1960s, many brave men and women fought against bigotry and injustice to secure the right to vote for all Americans. The price paid by those allied with the Civil Rights Movement was high: churches were... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard visits with Glenda Sheppard who is an eighth grade English and American history teacher at the Ellen Ochoa Learning Center in Cudahy in the 34th District. -- ### -- Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) applauded today (July 12) the Appropriations Committee approval of funding for major energy and water projects in the Los Angeles area, including efforts to revitalize the Los Angeles River and the dredging of the main channel at the Port of Los Angeles. "I am proud to have secured $8.35 million for important water initiatives, including $1.65 million for revitalization efforts along the Los Angeles River," said Congresswoman Roybal-Allard, who is a me... Read more

Pictured outside the Appropriations Committee Room, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard visits with 15-year-old Mayfair High School junior Rudolph Heib of Bellflower during his week in Washington, D.C. as a participant in Presidential Classroom. Rudolph was among nine juniors and seniors from California and more than 130 from throughout the country selected to participate in the distinguished program. In addition to good grades, students eligible to participate in Presidential Classroom must dem... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) applauded this week’s approval (July 11) by the House Appropriations Committee of a spending measure that includes federal funding for key transportation, infrastructure and economic development projects that she championed for the communities in the 34th Congressional District. “These critical transportation dollars for the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, revival of the historic Red Trolley, and other needed local transportation improvements will ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard joined her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in voting to approve legislation that makes the single largest investment in college financial aid since the 1944 GI Bill, helping millions of students and families pay for college – and doing so at no new cost to U.S. taxpayers. The legislation, the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 (H.R. 2669), which the House passed on July 11 by a vote of 273 to 149, would boost college financial aid by about $18 ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard is calling on the U.S. Senate and the Bush Administration to reauthorize the COPS hiring grants program that enabled local law enforcement agencies serving the 34th District to hire more than 4,500 additional officers. Nationally, the program was responsible for the hiring of 117,000 additional police officers in every state of the union from 1995 to 2005. With the congresswoman’s support, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 381 to 34 to reauthorize the pr... Read more

The Zero to Five Foundation announced today that its early intervention parenting/infant/toddler Program pilot program at Los Angeles Elementary on Hobart and Pico Boulevard and Utah Street Elementary School in the Boyles Heights area will continue permanently under the auspices of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Adult and Career Education Division. A group of educators began this pilot program nine years ago with the purpose of focusing on the critical years of child development (0-3 ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (shown right) welcomed 17-year-old Anthony Castañeda of Bellflower to our nation’s capital to celebrate the opening of the Congressional Art Competition exhibit, "An Artistic Discovery." Anthony (second on right) won first place in the 14th Annual 34th Congressional District Student Art Competition chaired by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard. The Mayfair High School student’s water color, gouache, acrylic, and color pencil piece titled “Ancestral Wind” will... Read more