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

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) hailed today’s subcommittee approval by the House Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee of a FY 2011 spending measure that includes $75 million for state-of-the-art technology to prevent train collisions. “I thank Subcommittee Chairman John Olver for honoring my request to fund the positive train control program,” Congresswoman Roybal-Allard said during the subcommittee markup. “The Los Angeles area witnessed a deadl... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joins Councilmember José Huizar and other local officials at a celebration at the Los Angeles City Hall honoring the two year anniversary of the Bringing Back Broadway initiative. Congresswoman Roybal-Allard works with local officials to secure federal funds to revitalize the area, including to re-establish the Red Car trolley system that operated in the Los Angeles region from 1903 to 1963. For more information about the 10-year project, please visit ... Read more