Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) thanked Hector Jacinto of Huntington Park for his assistance in her Los Angeles District Office during his 9-week summer internship that ended on August 27. Hector, a recent graduate of Huntington Park High School, will begin his first year of college next month at Cal State Los Angeles, where he will be majoring in Political Science. While working in the congresswoman's office, Hector performed a wide variety of tasks including researching scholarship... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) thanked Paul Kang of Fullerton for his assistance in her Los Angeles District Office during his 8-week summer internship that ended on August 12. Paul, a rising senior at UCLA, was placed in the congresswoman’s office through the Korean American Coalition’s Summer College Internship Program. While working in the congresswoman's office, Paul performed a wide variety of tasks including assisting in events coordination and conducting education-related res... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard joined California Democratic Congressional Members in issuing the following statement in response to today’s announcement by the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) that California will receive approximately $203 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, under the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program. On May 19, 2010, 18 Members of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined the Japanese American community in Little Tokyo in kicking off the 70th Annual Nisei Week Festival, a celebration of Japanese and Japanese American culture and history. Pictured in the top photo: Congresswoman Roybal-Allard congratulates newly-crowned 2010 Nisei Week Queen Lani Kume Nishiyama and members of her court, Christy Kimiko Sakamoto (on left) and Lauren Terumi Weber (on right). Pictured in the center photo: Congresswoman Roybal-Allard c... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) addresses an audience of more than 200 attendees gathered at the annual conference of the Council of Mexican Federations (Consejo de Federaciones Mexicanas en Norteamérica) to address key issues affecting the Latino immigrant community. COFEM is a non-profit organization serving the immigrant community since 2004. Its mission embraces a community centered approach to promote the advancement of the Latino community through public policy advocacy, educat... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) speaks to students at Ramona Opportunity High School about the importance of continuing their education as a pathway to a better future. In response to letters sent by Ramona students about soaring maternal mortality rates among low-income women and women of color, the congresswoman also discussed the MOMS for the 21st Century Act, legislation she authored to improve birth outcomes for mothers and their babies while reducing medical costs. The new stat... Read more

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) honored Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) with its 2010 California Federal Advocacy Leadership Award for her legislative commitment in Congress to combating cancer. “ACS CAN’s unfailing advocacy in the Halls of Congress is a key reason the Appropriations Committee has continued to fund the National Cancer Institute with the largest increase within the NIH, and it is a key reason the National Cancer Institute received an unprec... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) visited Clínica Msr. Oscar A. Romero’s Marengo Street site in Boyle Heights to participate in the medical clinic’s Reach Out and Read program and to commemorate National Health Center Week. Reach Out and Read is a nationwide nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud. The congresswoman read the children the “... Read more

In observance of National Health Center Week, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) toured the Edward R. Roybal Comprehensive Health Center on Fetterly Avenue and received an overview of the center’s medical, dental, pediatric, and diabetes clinics. Named after the congresswoman’s late father who once represented the area in Congress, the public, not-for-profit health center is one of three comprehensive health centers operated by the LAC+USC Healthcare Network. The center provides approxi... Read more

Over a casual lunch at Ruby’s Diner at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) (shown on left) commended Mikayla Minnig (pictured) of Downey for her advocacy on behalf of medical research to find cures for illnesses such as pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, which she lives with, through the National Institutes of Health. Mikayla shared with the congresswoman her daily challenges in school and after school coping with the painful illness. At the ag... Read more