Downtown Los Angeles community members are trying to remedy the problem of thousands of low-income men, women, and families on Skid Row not having access to TV converter boxes because of a glitch in the regulations. The Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council’s Affordable Housing and Social Services Committee has created the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program to connect people with excess coupons to low-income Skid Row residents who cannot access the converter box coupons because of a technic... 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) today voted for The Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act to assist small businesses put more people to work and prosper. “Realizing that small businesses are the economic engine of our communities, the Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act provides an important investment to help small businesses succeed. The legislation expands some of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) most successful programs which last year alone helped to create 73... 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

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District has announced the projects in Southern California and Arizona affected by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Included in the act is nearly $6.5 million to ensure structural integrity, remove graffiti and manage vegetation along the Los Angeles River. (April 28, 2009) Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. – Colonel Thomas H. Magness, IV, Los Angeles District Commander, U.S. Army Corps Engineers; Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (C... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard praised the recent nomination of Linda Puchala to the National Mediation Board. When confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Puchala will replace a current board member who was a hold-over appointment from the Bush Administration since July 2006. “I congratulate Ms. Puchala on her nomination by President Barack Obama to serve as a new member of the National Mediation Board,” Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard said. “Ms. Puchala’s extensive experience with the agency wo... Read more

Congresswoman Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with Los Angeles-area education, business, and civic leaders who pledged during their meeting to work with the congresswoman to create a unified vision for education and workforce development efforts in the Los Angeles region. The group was a part of a 230 delegation from across Southern California that traveled to our nation’s capital to advocate for federal investments that create jobs and stimulate the economy. The delegation called on federal legisla... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard meets with members of the California State Association of Letter Carriers who were in town for a biennial spring legislative seminar in our nation’s capital. During this meeting, they discussed issues affecting postal workers, such as the Employee Free Choice Act and the financial challenges facing the United States Postal Service. -- ### -- Read more

Please click here to read the congresswoman’s remarks to the delegation Today on Capitol Hill, a delegation of 230 business and civic leaders from across Southern California joined together to advocate for federal investments that create jobs and stimulate the economy. The delegation called on federal legislators to rev “America’s Recovery Engine” through strategic investments in the region’s infrastructure, workforce, natural resources and more. Representing nearly six percent of U.S. Gross Dom... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA, 34) and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX, 2) today introduced the Security and Financial Empowerment Act (SAFE – HR 739) to ensure that victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking have the financial independence they need to break free from their abusers. “While physical and psychological consequences are the most obvious results of domestic violence, victims also suffer economically,” Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard said. “One of the key rea... Read more