The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, led by Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2021 bill. The bill provides $50.72 billion in discretionary funding, including $48.1 billion in nondefense discretionary funding, the same level as fiscal year 2020, and $2.8 billion in defense funding, $250 million more than in fiscal year 2020. The bill also provides an additional $5.1 billion in... Read more

House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and the Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2021 Homeland Security funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation provides annual funding for the components of the Department of Homeland Security. The bill provides $50.72 billion in discretionary funding, including $48.1 billion in nondefense discretionary funding, the same level as fiscal ye... Read more

Today, House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) announced the awarding of more than $39 million in competitively awarded Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) preparedness grants to Los Angeles area communities or to the State of California. As chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Chairwoman Roybal-Allard oversees FEMA funding. “From protecting our schools and houses of worship, to securing our transit systems a... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 1425), a bill to strengthen and enhance the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by expanding Americans’ access to quality and affordable health care, bringing down the cost of health care and prescription drugs, extending Medicaid coverage to new mothers, and more. Today’s vote comes days after the Trump Administration filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entir... Read more

Today, American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 6) lead author Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), and Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), led over 100 House Democrats and CHC Members in writing letters to President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urging them to protect Dreamers and support H.R. 6. This bill, which would permanently protect Dreamers and provide them with a path to citizenship, passed the House of Representatives more than a ... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the lead author of the American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 6) and an original co-author of the Dream Act, issued the following statement about the Supreme Court's ruling on the future of the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program: “Today is a happy and historic day for America and our Dreamers. With the Supreme Court ruling against the Trump Administration’s arbitrary and capricious effort to destroy the DACA program, thousands ... Read more

House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) has written to officials at the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) demanding action to protect the rights and well-being of unaccompanied children. Chairwoman Roybal-Allard wrote these letters with Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro ... Read more

Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) highlighted a new congressional report detailing the dire costs of a Census undercount in California’s 40th Congressional District. Census data is used for determining how much funding the 40th District receives for critical services like education, medical care, foster care, roads, public transit, and job programs. Census data also helps local governments enhance public safety and prepare for emergencies. The new report, which can be read here,... Read more

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

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the lead author of H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act, has sent a letter with over 100 fellow House Democrats to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calling on him to bring H.R. 6 to a vote. The Dream and Promise Act, which passed the House of Representatives on June 4, 2019 by a bipartisan vote of 237-187, will provide a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, as well as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) beneficiar... Read more