JWCH Institute, Inc., a private non-profit health agency serving Los Angeles County patients, awarded Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard its distinguished "Hand & Heart" award for her strong leadership in addressing the homeless problem and alleviating its impact on downtown Los Angeles. More than 500 guests attended the ceremony held at the Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Boulevard. The other honorees are: Los Angeles City Councilmember Jan Perry; L.A. Care Health Plan, accepted by its CEO Howar... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard tours Art Share LA guided by Executive Director Kate Becker (shown right in first photo) during a benefit at the organization's Fourth Place headquarters in downtown. The two-story facility houses classrooms, gallery space, painting and pottery studios, a computer lab, executive offices, a 99-seat black box theatre and dance floor and 30 residential lofts for low-income artists. Founded in 1997, Art Share's dedicated staff of teachers, social workers and volun... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard congratulates the Rio Hondo Boys and Girls Club and its Executive Director Robert Rubio (pictured left) for inspiring and enabling young people to realize their full potential at the club's 2006 Annual Officers Installation and Awards Banquet held at Commerce's Crowne Plaza Hotel. The congresswoman serves on the club's board of advisors, an honorary role reserved for elected officials. Located in the City of Bell Gardens, the club has served thousands of youth... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joins community leaders for the Maywood Academy High School ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new school runs on a traditional 180 day calendar and serves about 1500 students in four small learning communities. Each learning community within the academy has a different area of concentration. They are: architecture and design; visual and performing arts; information technology; and TV, radio, and film production. The school was also honored by the Collaborat... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) receives the first-ever Community Excellence Award from Jovenes, Inc. for her work in securing $300,000 in federal funds for computers for the non-profit organization dedicated to addressing homelessness among at-risk Latino youth. Founded in 1989, the group serves youth in Boyle Heights, Pico-Union/Westlake, Echo Park, South Central, East Los Angeles, Long Beach and Hollywood. The award presentation coincided with the group's Oktoberfest Street festiv... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) congratulates Cynthia Amador (shown left), President and CEO of CHARO Community Development Corporation, on the non-profit organization's 39th anniversary at a gala celebration held at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. CHARO operates a total of 11 divisions that offer bilingual/bicultural programs for the underserved Latino community in areas that include business development, career services, child development and homeownership. Serv... Read more

October is National Spina Bifida Awareness Month and I am pleased to take this opportunity to highlight the importance of folic acid in preventing this serious birth defect and to raise awareness about the needs of people living with spina bifida in our communities. It is estimated that three thousand babies are born in the United States each year with a serious birth defect of the brain or spine called a neural tube defect. Spina bifida - the most common neural tube defect - is the leading caus... Read more

Octubre es el Mes Nacional de Información Acerca de la Espina Bífida, por lo que me complace resaltar la importancia del ácido fólico en la prevención de este serio defecto congénito, y llamar la atención acerca de las necesidades de quienes lo padecen. Cada año nacen aproximadamente 3,000 bebitos en los Estados Unidos con un serio trastorno congénito del cerebro o la columna vertebral, llamado "defecto del tubo neural". La espina bífida es el defecto de nacimiento más común que incapacita de fo... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined members and friends of the Asian Food Trade Association at a ceremony to induct the organization's new board members. The event was attended by more than 150 business leaders in the Asian food trade industry from throughout Los Angeles County. Together, the congresswoman and the Asian Food Trade Association have helped facilitate communication between U.S. governmental agencies, the Asian community, and other businesses in the food trade industr... Read more

"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the City of Huntington Park and its more than 64,000 residents on the occasion of the city's 100th year anniversary. I am proud to have this great city as part of my 34th Congressional District of California. With a long and distinguished history and a vibrant community, the City of Huntington Park has evolved from a small community of 526 residents in 1906 to a bustling retail center for the Los Angeles County region in 2006. In the latter part of the 18t... Read more