Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with representatives of the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation to discuss the importance of early childhood education and child care subsidy programs. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Montebello in Los Angeles County, the non-profit, community-based organization is the largest Latino-oriented, family services organization in the United States serving 100,000 Californians in seven counties. The foundation offers 20 different free or low-c... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with Colombian Ambassador Carolina Barco Isakson to discuss ways to improve relations between the United States and Colombia. Read more

On behalf of the Friends of Boyle Heights and the Boyle Heights Technology Youth Center, Ozzie Lopez (pictured),the center’s executive director, presented Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard with the center’s Bridge Award for her work on behalf of the center and area youth. During the ceremony at the center, the congresswoman – who sits in the Appropriations Committee and secured $100,000 in federal funds for the facility – praised the center’s emphasis on education and computer skills in prepar... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined members of the Rio Hondo Rotary Club of Bell Gardens-Commerce at a luncheon at Steven's Steak House. During the congresswoman’s remarks, she updated the members on what Congress is doing to help small businesses and bolster the local economy. She explained that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which she supported, includes important measures to help struggling small businesses. The legislation contains a package of loan fee reductions... Read more

The Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice honored Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) with its Justice Award at the organization’s 16th Annual Awards Dinner at Cicada Restaurant in Downtown, Los Angeles. The congresswoman received the award for her work in Congress to strengthen and empower families, including her efforts to pass legislation to help survivors of domestic violence and reform our nation’s broken immigration system. Since 1973, the LA Center for Law and Justice has provide... Read more

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

Please click here to read the full text of Congresswoman Roybal-Allard’s Remarks U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke joined Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the Boyle Heights Technology Youth Center today to urge residents to prepare for the national switch to digital television (DTV) before the June 12 deadline. In the final month before the national switch, the Commerce Department is increasing its outreach efforts into communities that have been identifi... Read more

Statement by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard about the nomination of Federal Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the next Justice on the United States Supreme Court: “I commend President Obama for nominating Federal Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the next Justice on the United States Supreme Court,” Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard said. “Upon her confirmation by the U.S. Senate, Judge Sotomayor will become the first Hispanic and only the third woman to serve on our... Read more

More than 300 veterans and community residents gathered at Cinco Puntos near the Mexican-American All Wars Memorial in Boyle Heights to take part in the 62nd Annual Memorial Day observance. Organized by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4696 and the Eugene Obregon American Legion Post 804, the service followed a 24-hour vigil at the monument to pay tribute to the service men and women who lost their lives in defense of our nation. As shown in the photo, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34... 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