The holiday season is a time for celebration with family and friends. Unfortunately, it is also a time when school vacations and holiday parties make for a tragic mix for many young people who drink alcohol. According to the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 10.8 million Americans between the ages of 12-20 report current alcohol consumption. How did they get a hold of that alcohol? Research commissioned by The Century Council found that 65 percent of youth who drink say they get... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) praised today’s signing into law of the bipartisan Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act (12/12/07), citing the important accomplishment as a victory of the new Democratic Congress. Passed by Congress on November 14 by wide margins in both chambers, the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act (HR 1429) reauthorizes, expands and improves the program through FY 2012. The successful Head Start early education program provides vital child dev... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) tours the University of Southern California (USC) Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy located in Boyle Heights on the school’s Health Sciences Campus. Cheryl Resnik, assistant professor of clinical physical therapy, briefed the congresswoman about the Fit Families program. The community outreach effort consists of a free six-week program for local children and their parents about fitness, good nutrition and disease prevention. The congressw... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard joined her colleagues in speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives during a Special Order in support of a resolution recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the Port of Los Angeles. House Resolution 822 passed the House on Dec. 5 by a vote of 410 to 0. A House Resolution is a nonlegislative measure that is effective only in the House and does not require approval by the Senate or the President. The full text of Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard... Read more

The Southern California Leadership Network honored Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) with its Elected Leader of the Year Award along with four other distinguished community leaders at its December 4 annual Southern California Visionaries luncheon, the premier community leadership event in the region. “I sincerely thank the Southern California Leadership Network for this honor, and I commend this wonderful organization for its successful efforts to enhance the quality of life in our com... Read more

At a reunion celebration in Bell, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) thanks the men and women serving in a U.S. Army Reserve Unit based in Bell dedicated to providing emergency medical care to troops in the field. The 349th Combat Support Hospital unit is comprised of doctors, nurses, lab technicians, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who take care of the wounded during combat until they can be transferred to army hospitals throughout the world. During the event, t... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard speaks at a breakfast meeting hosted by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) at the Wilshire Grand Los Angeles hotel. During her remarks, the congresswoman praised the organization for its activism on Capitol Hill and thanked its members for supporting her successful effort to require employers to pay for personal protective equipment for their employees. Founded in 1889, the NALC is the national union of city delivery letter carriers employed by... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard greeted seniors at Keiro Retirement Home’s holiday party, where she spoke about growing up in multicultural Boyle Heights. She distributed calendars to the seniors and spoke with the Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles and his wife, Consul Kazuo Kodama and Mrs. Kodama, and Shawn Miyake, Chief Executive Officer of Keiro Senior HealthCare, the retirement home’s parent company. The holiday party was organized by the Friends of Keiro Retirement Home, a support ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard presents a Congressional Certificate of Recognition to Salesian Sister Josephine Ochoa, Principal of St. Mary School in Boyle Heights on the occasion of the parochial school’s 100 year anniversary celebration. A graduate of St. Mary’s Class of 1955, the congresswoman praised the faculty and student body for the school’s longstanding achievements. As part of the festivities, San Gabriel Region Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala presided at a Mass at the Cathedral o... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined more than 300 individuals at Bienestar’s World AIDS Day commemoration event to honor family members and friends who passed away from HIV and AIDS. Bienestar, a non-profit organization that provides HIV/AIDS services to Latino families and other underserved individuals, conducted the event at Our Lady Queen of Angels Church in Placita Olvera in Downtown Los Angeles. Speaking entirely in Spanish, the congresswoman applauded Bienestar for its longs... Read more