Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) is pleased to announce that the Cities of Los Angeles, Bell Gardens, Maywood and Vernon were awarded $18.9 million in federal funds to hire additional law enforcement officers to protect and serve residents in the 34th Congressional District. “This needed federal funding goes directly to our local law enforcement agencies to cover the entire cost of hiring new sworn enforcement officers, or to rehire experienced officers, for a three year period,” Cong... Read more

An outspoken advocate for our nation’s flight attendants, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard has long been an exemplary leader on a wide range of aviation issues. Flight attendants applaud the congresswoman from California’s 34th Congressional District, including Downtown Los Angeles and surrounding suburban communities, for promoting positive changes in government regarding some of our most serious concerns. Over the years, the National Mediation Board (NMB), the federal agency that oversees l... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with Lisa Dante Papini (shown left), who is Vice President of the Dante Valve Company based in the City of Bellflower, to discuss defense-related issues. Ms. Papini is also the Western Regional Board Member of the Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition. She traveled to our nation’s capital to discuss the importance of aircraft carrier federal funding to protect and create area jobs. The Dante Valve Company was founded by her grandfather, the... Read more

(please see click here to view the letter of support that includes a complete list of organizations endorsing the measure) Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) introduced the Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act of 2009 (HR 1215) today to better ensure immigrant detainees receive fair and humane treatment while in detention. “The Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act will ensure that the Department of Homeland Security does not ignore its own detention standards. This bill gives these... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard tours the Port of Los Angeles on a US Coast Guard 25- foot fast response boat with Rear Admiral Kevin J. Eldridge, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eleventh District. The armed speed boats are used in homeland security and law enforcement missions. Prior to the tour, the congresswoman met with members of the Central California Area Maritime Security Committee . The Committee, which was mandated by Congress through the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, ... Read more

Mr. Speaker, I rise in reluctant support of H.R. 1268, the War Supplemental Appropriations bill for FY 2005, which will provide funding for military operations and reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as important funds for tsunami relief and recovery. I say "reluctant support" because the Republican leadership has made a very poor and political decision to include controversial legislative provisions in this emergency spending bill that otherwise enjoys almost universal s... Read more