Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) welcomed nearly 60 domestic, dating, and sexual violence advocates from the Los Angeles area to a briefing about federal funding grants available to support efforts to end violence against women. Held at the Peace Over Violence new community room on Wilshire Boulevard in Downtown Los Angeles, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) opened the briefing and discussed pending bills in Congress that can benefit victims and survivors of domestic violence... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) visited with high school students participating in Camp Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (Camp CHLA), a weeklong program that exposes youth to different aspects of the health care profession. Federal funds secured by the congresswoman enable the hospital to offer the camp at no charge to students. Celebrating its 5th anniversary, Camp CHLA is a pipeline program for high school students to enter health professions. The week-long camp consists of about 60 ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) visited AltaMed’s health care clinic in Bell to participate in the clinic’s Reach Out and Read program and to commemorate National Health Center Week with a tour of the medical facility. 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. Prior to touring the medical facility, the c... Read more

National representatives of the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) thanked Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) for her steadfast advocacy on behalf of seasonal and migrant farmworkers. They commended her for her leadership in authoring the "The Children’s Act for Responsible Employment" (CARE), which would ensure adequate labor protections for children working in our nation’s agricultural fields. They also thanked the Congresswoman for her support of the National Farmw... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) released the following statement today about the July 28 judgment against Arizona’s unconscionable immigration statute—SB 1070: “I join with my colleagues in hailing U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton’s injunction against the inherent unfairness of SB 1070 in the state of Arizona. While we all know our immigration system is in serious need of repair, a state-by-state patchwork of laws and policies is not the solution to this pressing national challeng... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) applauded the July 29 approval in the U.S. House of Representatives of a spending measure that provides federal investments in the nation’s transportation and housing infrastructure and includes important projects in the 34th Congressional District. The Fiscal Year 2011 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Appropriations (HR 5850) passed the House by a vote of 251 to 167. The measure now awaits passage in the U.S. Senate. In addition to ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) thanks 20-year-old Rocio Rodarte of the City of Commerce, a graduate of Bell Gardens High School in the 34th Congressional District in Los Angeles, for her helpful assistance as an intern in her Washington, D.C. office this summer. An upcoming senior at Brown University, Rocio is one of 30 students nationwide participating in the competitive Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) summer internship. CHCI’s mission is to develop the next generati... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with national representatives of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to discuss the MOMS for the 21st Century Act authored by the congresswoman to improve birth outcomes for mothers and their babies while reducing medical costs. ACOG thanked the congresswoman for her leadership in maternal health issues. The organization supports the bill’s provisions that seek to develop, test and implement evidence-based maternal hea... Read more

Dear Colleague: I am writing to ask for your support in ending a dangerous double standard that persists in America’s child labor laws. Currently, children working in agriculture are permitted to work at younger ages and for longer hours than those working in all other industries. While 12 year old children are allowed to work on farms, children under 14 are prohibited from working in every other industry. Children who work on farms deserve the same rights and protections as all other children a... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) submitted the following statement today into the congressional record following the final passage in Congress of legislation to extend unemployment benefits to millions of Americans. The legislation passed the House (7/22/10) by a vote of 272 to 152. The legislation passed the Senate Wednesday evening (7/21/10), and it will be sent today to President Obama for his signature into law. “Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Unemployment Co... Read more