Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) congratulates Westlake resident and Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies High School senior Yechan Kim on his appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Yechan, who accepted the appointment, expects to begin the elite 4-year Naval Academy program this summer. Pictured in the congresswoman’s Downtown district office from left to right: Yechan’s mother, Mrs. Miran Kim; Yechan Kim; Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34); and Ye... Read more

When Margaret Fujioka was taken to a remote desert internment camp after Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Jesus and Carmen Garcia stepped up as faithful neighbors to guard her home. The immigrants from Mexico couldn't always fully communicate with Fujioka's parents from Japan, but their fast friendship transcended cultural differences. And when the war ended and Fujioka returned, Jewish neighbor Jane Leighton offered her a house-cleaning job. Other Japanese Americans encountered deep hostili... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) met with families from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) in her district office to discuss the impact of juvenile diabetes on their lives. The children shared their day-to-day challenges coping with Type 1 diabetes. Children who are administered insulin through a shot, for example, cannot eat lunch with their classmates until they have visited the school nurse. For children whose schools do not have a full time nurse, this medical necess... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) made the following statement today (2/12/10) in response to the below announcement (scroll down for full release) by the Administration of additional Recovery grant funding: “The Obama Administration’s announcement of the latest round of Recovery Act awards is great news for Angelenos and all Californians who stand to benefit from enhanced job training opportunities in the health care field and more efficient and accessible electronic medical record te... Read more

With the help of a few key partners, the YWCA Greater Los Angeles (YWCA GLA) and its LA Job Corps program have successfully embarked upon building a new Urban Campus which will be the prototype for Job Corps programs around the country. Yesterday the YWCA GLA hosted the Los Angeles Job Corps Urban Campus Construction Celebration to thank the entities that contributed to the success of the YWCA GLA's Job Corps Urban Campus building. A capacity crowd of Job Corps students, elected officials, corpo... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) invites all interested high school students living in California’s 34th Congressional District to participate in “Artistic Discovery” – the 2010 Congressional Student Art Competition. The deadline to submit entries is February 11. “The congressional student art competition helps to build self esteem in young artists and provides the community with valuable insight into the life experiences, challenges, and joys of our talented high school students," sai... Read more

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced that it has renewed funding for nine Edward R. Roybal Centers for Research on Applied Gerontology and designated four new centers. The goal of the centers is to move promising social and behavioral research findings out of the laboratory and into programs and practices that will improve the lives of older people and help society adapt to an aging population. The centers focus on a range of projects,... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) met with members of the West Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors to discuss ongoing water infrastructure initiatives in Los Angeles County. They specifically commended the congresswoman’s ongoing advocacy in securing federal funding for the Harbor/South Bay Water Recycling Project. The initiative is a cooperative effort between the Corps of Engineers and the West Basin Municipal Water District. The project will develop up to 48,000 acre-f... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined more than 800 immigration reform advocates and area leaders at Our Lady Queen of Angels Church, known as “La Placita,” to rally support for enactment of comprehensive immigration reform legislation. Congresswoman Roybal-Allard also thanked her colleague, Congressman Luis Gutierrez (IL-4), who is head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Taskforce, for traveling to Los Angeles to participate in the event. Congresswoman Roybal-Allard s... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) presents a Congressional Record Tribute in honor of the Mexican American Bar Association’s 50th Anniversary to the association’s incoming 2010 President Judy Perez (pictured on right). The presentation took place at a reception attended by various local, state and federal elected officials and MABA members. Excerpts from the tribute are as follows, “Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County (MAB... Read more