Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) has signed a letter with more than 100 of her House colleagues opposing President-elect Trump’s appointment of former Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steve Bannon as White House Chief Strategist. “Steve Bannon’s history of promoting racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, and homophobia is dangerously troubling,” said Congresswoman Roybal-Allard. “Making him the White House Chief Strategist sends a reckless message contrary to our American values. His appoint... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) celebrated their victory in securing a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on the presence of child labor in the United States, including the latest statistics and trends regarding children working in agriculture. Congresswoman Roybal-Allard has been a leader in the effort to protect child workers in the agricultural sector, having introduced the CARE Act (Children’s Act for Responsible Employment)... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), who led the years-long fight to permit folic acid fortification of corn masa flour in order to reduce deadly birth defects among Latinos, visited the Northgate Gonzalez Market in Bell yesterday to celebrate the rollout of this fortified flour in U.S. supermarkets. The market is one of many across the country that now carry Gruma’s folic acid-fortified Maseca corn masa flour. Congresswoman Roybal-Allard championed the congressional push for the Food an... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) joined in sending a letter to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter regarding the Pentagon’s efforts to take back bonus overpayments that were made to California National Guard soldiers. Secretary Carter recently announced that the Pentagon will suspend these efforts. The letter, which is signed by more than 200 Members of Congress, urges Secretary Carter to waive these bonus recoupments in appropriate cases, and to inform Congress if he believes he does not... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) spoke at today’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Los Angeles Federal Courthouse, a project she spent years leading the fight to build as a member of Congress. In the 1990s, when the congresswoman represented Downtown Los Angeles, she was asked by District Court Judges to shepherd the judges’ request for authorization and funding for a new Los Angeles federal courthouse through the federal approval process. She agreed, and kept up the pressure to bu... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement today that it would not rehear U.S. v. Texas: “Today’s Supreme Court announcement leaves millions of immigrants in danger of being deported and torn away from their families. President Obama acted entirely within his rights in 2014 when he announced his executive actions to expand DACA and initiate DAPA. In June, when the Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 and prevented these actions fro... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) issued the following statement on tonight’s passage of a Fiscal Year 2017 Continuing Resolution to fund the government through December 9, 2016: “It is disappointing that, once again, Republican leaders have failed to complete the appropriations process on time, and decided that critical government funding decisions can be delayed until December. While I voted for tonight’s Continuing Resolution so that our government can keep functioning, I have cast ... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress and a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), released the following video in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sqILVbNEq4. Below is a copy of Rep. Roybal-Allard’s statement: "Hello, I’m Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard. Each year, from September 15th to October 15th, we gather as a nation to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting the ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) issued the following statement about today’s presentation to House leadership of a letter she co-authored from 206 House members in support of bringing up S.J. Res. 28 – a bipartisan joint resolution of disapproval under the procedures of the Congressional Review Act to end the duplicative and wasteful USDA catfish inspection program – for a vote by the full House: “I am committed to ensuring that our government is efficient and effective. That is why ... Read more

The California Congressional Delegation released a letter today calling on the Obama Administration to approve a waiver that would allow undocumented immigrants to purchase unsubsidized health insurance through Covered California, the state’s health benefits exchange. If approved, California would become the first state in the nation to allow individuals and families without legal immigration status to purchase care through the state’s health exchange. The call for approval of what is known as t... Read more