(Click here to read the full text of Congresswoman Roybal-Allard’s welcoming remarks at the assembly.) Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard in cooperation with The Century Council hosted a teen awareness event this week (Wednesday, May 28) to bring a life-saving lesson about the dangers of underage drinking and drunk driving to students at Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights. Brandon Silveria and his father, Tony, spoke to an estimated 500 students about the importance of “making the right cho... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard met with members of the medical research community to discuss federally-funded health research projects in Los Angeles being done at the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center located in Boyle Heights in the 34th District. USC Keck School of Medicine Dean Dr. Carmen Puliafito provided a broad overview of USC’s commitment to environmental health research and the importance of federal funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard met with Dr. Carolina Reyes, Executive Director and Tonya Gorham, Policy Coordinator, of LA Best Babies Network based in the 34th District on South Bixel Street to discuss their organization’s efforts to improve perinatal health in Los Angeles County. The representatives thanked Congresswoman Roybal-Allard for authoring the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, which was passed into law in April 2008. The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 (S 1858/HR 3825)... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined members of the American Legion Post 804 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4696 at the 61st Annual Cinco Puntos Memorial Day observance. The ceremony followed a 24-hour vigil at the Mexican-American All Wars Memorial where members of the community and local veterans stood guard in honor of the fallen soldiers. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard and her husband, Mr. Ed Allard, himself a 10-year Marine and Vietnam veteran, stood guard for the last... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard joined approximately 50 southeast community leaders and residents in honoring service men and women for Memorial Day. The third annual ceremony paid tribute to the thousands of men and women who lost their lives serving our nation. During her remarks, the congresswoman joined Mayor Elba Guerrero in reading the names of 53 Huntington Park residents, one police officer, and one firefighter who lost their lives in the line of duty since World War I. Pictured in t... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard meets with representatives from Private Essential Access Community Hospitals (PEACH, Inc.) to discuss federal funding levels for Medi-Cal and Medicare – two key health care programs that service the majority of their patients. -- ### -- Read more

Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) and Laura Richardson (CA-37) welcomed Dr. Geraldine Knatz, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles, to our nation’s capital to speak with California Members of Congress about the port’s ground-breaking Clean Air Action Plan and Clean Trucks Program. The Port of Los Angeles is the nation’s largest container port. It is administered by the City of Los Angeles under the leadership of Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa. The port has committed to a truck ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) congratulates Annette Rodriguez, a constituent from East Los Angeles, on her completion of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Public Policy Fellowship. The 23-year-old graduate of Garfield Magnet High School in East Los Angeles and U.C. Riverside was one of only 23 students from throughout the country to participate in the competitive nine-month program. The Institute placed Annette in the Office of the White House Initiative on Educational Ex... Read more

Today, as the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee held hearings on the impact of immigration raids on families and children, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) addressed its continued push for real immigration reform. “Recent raids have shown us that many times, children and families at large are being scared into the shadows by the tactics sometimes used by ICE agents,” said Congressman Joe Baca (D-CA), Chair of the CHC. “Enforcement activities nea... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) congratulates 80-year-old Downey resident Stanley Hoffman at the Downey City Library on the inclusion of his song Satellite Baby into a PBS documentary about the Explorer 1 satellite. Mr. Hoffman’s song was used at the end of a documentary about the historic launching of the spacecraft released earlier this year by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Entitled JPL and the Beginnings of the Space Age, the documentary chronicles the story of Explorer 1, which ... Read more