Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard toured HealthCare Partners Medical Group's downtown office at 1025 W. Olympic Boulevard and met with key physicians and staff about healthcare issues that concern Los Angeles families. The congresswoman represents the 34th Congressional District, which includes downtown Los Angeles, and is a member of the Appropriations Health Subcommittee. HealthCare Partners Medical Group is a 400-physician medical group that provides care to about 500,000 patients from 39 n... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard met with representatives from community health clinics in the 34th Congressional District in her downtown district office to discuss the importance of federal funding for new community health centers in Los Angeles County. The clinics are committed to providing quality primary medical care services to the uninsured, underinsured, working poor, high-risk and other vulnerable populations in Los Angeles. -- ### -- Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard congratulated this year's Millennium Momentum Foundation's honorees who were recognized for their efforts to promote workforce diversity at all levels of corporate and government employment. The Foundation is dedicated to increasing the number of young professionals from various ethnic backgrounds in the fields of public administration, public policy, and related fields through scholarships, mentorships, internships, workshops and seminars. The event, dubbed "... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) thanked Hoda Elshishtawy of Downey for her helpful assistance as an intern in her Washington, D.C. office this Fall. Born in Downey, Hoda attended Rio Hondo Elementary School and Griffiths Middle School in Downey before moving to Virginia in the 9th grade. After high school, Hoda returned to Los Angeles County to attend Cerritos College in Norwalk. Hoda is now a senior at George Washington University in our nation's capital majoring in political scienc... Read more

Following this week's final passage in Congress, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard's national legislation to curb underage drinking heads to the White House where the President is expected to sign the measure into law. "I thank my colleagues in the U.S. Senate, especially Senators Dodd and DeWine, whose hard work championing "The STOP (Sober Truth on Preventing) Underage Drinking Act" directly led to its final passage this week. They, along with my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representativ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) commends Bienestar, a non-profit organization that provides HIV/AIDS services to Latino families and other underserved individuals, for its outstanding work in the community during the World AIDS Day at Our Lady Queen of Angels Church in Placita Olvera in downtown Los Angeles. More than 300 individuals gathered at the event to honor family members and friends who passed away from HIV and AIDS. The congresswoman pledged that she would continue to work w... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard presented a Certificate of Congressional Recognition to Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School for being named a Blue Ribbon high school by the U.S. Department of Education. Awarded to recognize academic excellence and substantial improvement in student performance, Bravo high school is the first school in the Los Angeles Unified School District in 10 years to receive the blue ribbon distinction and one of only 32 in the state this year. Pictured in the se... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (pictured center) joins local Commerce officials and community residents in celebrating the completion of the protective sound wall along Ferguson Drive, near the area of the June 2003 train derailment. The protective sound wall was built to provide added security to the neighborhood, reduce noise levels from the trains and improve the residents' views from their homes. The community event took place at Miracle Place, renamed from Davie Avenue following the ac... Read more

During a Veterans Day ceremony at Freedom Park, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) read the names of 28 soldiers from the Los Angeles area who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003 and led a moment of silence in their honor. The observance, attended by community elected officials and residents, also included a special presentation by Mayor Juan R. Noguez who unveiled two plaques - one in honor of 53 community residents who lost their lives in wars dating back to WWII ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) introduced Congressman Mike Honda (CA-15, Silicon Valley) at the 30th anniversary celebration of Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown. More than 500 supporters of the organization attended the event, which was co-chaired by Congressman Honda who is chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. PACE is a community development or... Read more