Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) supported the House’s passage of the Heroes Act (H.R. 6800), a crucial new response to the massive health and economic crises created by the coronavirus. She issued the following statement: “I strongly support the House Majority’s Heroes Act which is a critical and urgent response in our fight to defeat the COVID-19 catastrophe. As the unimaginable toll of this virus continues to mount, an economic disaster is also unfolding in ... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) celebrated announcements of new federal funding to help our communities during the coronavirus pandemic: • The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced that the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area will receive $1.2 billion in federal funding allocations to the transit industry under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which passed the House last week and is now law. The CARES Act directs the FTA to allocate ... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) applauded the House’s passage of historic Families and Workers-First legislation, which then went to the president’s desk for his signature. “I am proud to support the CARES Act, a historic piece of legislation, as part of House Democrats’ ongoing effort to bring urgently needed relief to families, workers, and small businesses in our 40th District and across America,” said Rep. Roybal-Allard. “While this legislation is a crucial step in the rig... Read more

Today, four key Democratic Congressmembers expressed serious concern about a provision in the Senate-approved highway bill being considered by the House Rules Committee that would divert money away from the Customs User Fee Account to help offset the cost of the highway bill. House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (MI-09), House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the Ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today delivered the following opening statement at a Subcommittee hearing on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) budget request for Fiscal Year 2016. The hearing’s witness was TSA Acting Administrator Melvin Carraway. “Administrator Carraway, welcome to your first appearance before the Subcommittee, and congratulations on your appointment as Acting Administra... Read more

Members of California’s Congressional delegation today sent a letter to the Chairman of Veolia Environnement urging the company to adequately and fairly compensate the victims of the deadly train crash in Chatsworth on September 12, 2008. The catastrophic crash was caused by a Veolia employee who was text messaging before the collision that claimed the lives of 24 innocent people. At a hearing in May, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Peter D. Lichtman stated that the $200 million fund est... Read more

While Downtown denizens won’t ride a $125 million streetcar for at least four years, plenty of people already have an opinion about where it should go and who should pay for it. Not surprisingly, they are ready to share their thoughts. On Tuesday, May 17, about 150 people showed up for a public meeting to discuss possible routes, the price tag and other issues of the project proposed by 14th District City Councilman José Huizar. The event, organized by Metro, took place at Broadway’s Los Angeles... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (shown center), a member of the House Appropriations Committee which oversees all federal spending including transportation funding, met with Art Leahy Metro CEO (pictured on left) and Supervisor Don Knabe (pictured on right), Chairman of the Metro Board. The representatives with the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Agency were in Washington, DC to brief Congresswoman Roybal-Allard (CA-34) and other members of the LA County congressional delegation on the... Read more

“I am thrilled that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that the Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is the recipient of $47.75 million from the Federal Department of Transportation for the State of Good Repair Bus Initiative,” Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard said. “Metro operates the second largest bus fleet in the nation, and this project will enable Metro to build a critical state-of-the-art facility to maintain its growing fleet of clean air b... Read more

Representatives with the BNSF Hobart Intermodal Terminal located in Vernon and Commerce guided Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) on a tour of the container rail yard. The Hobart rail yard is among the nation’s busiest and serves as a vital link to goods movement in Southern California. In 2008, more than one million containers moved by rail through the Hobart yard. The Hobart representatives also provided the congresswoman with an update of the yard’s improvement plans. The plans inclu... Read more