Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) toured the facilities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlantia, Georgia during a day-long site visit hosted by the Campaign for Public Health Foundation. Highlights of the event included a hands-on tour of the CDC’s laboratories, lunch with CDC Director Tom Frieden, a teleconference with health officials in California and Florida who are utilizing federal stimulus funds fo...
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Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with Community Pharmacy Owners Alfred Wong, President of Tai on Pharmacy in Chinatown on North Hill Street and Jerry Shapiro, Pharmacist and owner of Uptown Drug & Gift Shop on South Flower Street in Downtown, both in the congresswoman's district. The pharmacists were in our nation's capital for the National Community Pharmacists Association's National Legislative Conference. As part of the conference, the pharmacists lobbied Members of Congress ...
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Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined with several of her colleagues and the March of Dimes at an event on Capitol Hill to raise awareness about the public health crisis of preterm birth in this country. “According to the National Vital Statistics Reports, this year more than half a million babies will be born in the United States before reaching their full term status of 37 weeks of pregnancy,” said Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard who is a member of the Appropriations Health Su...
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Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) met with members of the Cerritos-based Rancho Southeast Association of Realtors (RSAOR). The members were in Washington, D.C. for the National Association of Realtors Mid-Year Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo. The group discussed legislation to make property and flood insurance more widely available and affordable and efforts in Congress to strengthen the Federal Housing Administration to protect affordable, safe financing for American families. The...
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The USC School of Social Work has been awarded two new grants totaling $6.5 million for its military social work and veteran services teaching and research activities. In less than two years, the program has attracted almost $10 million in funding, with Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Los Angeles) playing a key role in the initiative's growth and pointing out the need for comprehensive services for military members, veterans and their families. Among other things, the awards will help fund a new v...
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Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) made the following statement today about the release of a new Human Rights Watch report calling for the enactment into law of amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act, which are contained in "The Children’s Act for Responsible Employment" (CARE, HR 3564) authored by the congresswoman to ensure adequate protections for children working in our nation’s agricultural fields. “I commend Human Rights Watch for its revealing year-long investigation into the...
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Members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors present Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) with a plaque thanking her for her support of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) – also called the “stimulus package” – which included federal funds for the county’s 10,000 Jobs Initiative. Announced in March of 2009, the county program utilized almost $200 million in federal stimulus funds to create temporary subsidized employment opportunities in county departments and with...
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NALEO Educational Fund Executive Director Arturo Vargas (shown second from right) alongside his 88-year-old mother, Antonieta Vargas (shown in red blouse), and his 88-year-old aunt, Clotilde Castillo Serna (on far right), presents Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) (shown holding poster) with an outreach poster titled “Respeto” (“Respect” in Spanish), as part of a nationwide campaign, “ya es hora ¡HAGASE CONTAR!, urging all Latinos to fill out and return their Census forms. Mrs. Vargas,...
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National advocates on behalf of immigrants thank Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) for her leadership to improve the treatment of immigrants along our nation’s southern border. Pictured in the photo surrounding the congresswoman who is seated, from left to right: Brittney Nystrom (Director of Policy and Legal Affairs, National Immigration Forum); Grisella Martinez (Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, National Immigration Forum); Megan McKenna (Communications Director, Kids in N...
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