Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) applauded today (July 12) the Appropriations Committee approval of funding for major energy and water projects in the Los Angeles area, including efforts to revitalize the Los Angeles River and the dredging of the main channel at the Port of Los Angeles. "I am proud to have secured $8.35 million for important water initiatives, including $1.65 million for revitalization efforts along the Los Angeles River," said Congresswoman Roybal-Allard, who is a me... Read more

Pictured outside the Appropriations Committee Room, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard visits with 15-year-old Mayfair High School junior Rudolph Heib of Bellflower during his week in Washington, D.C. as a participant in Presidential Classroom. Rudolph was among nine juniors and seniors from California and more than 130 from throughout the country selected to participate in the distinguished program. In addition to good grades, students eligible to participate in Presidential Classroom must dem... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) applauded this week’s approval (July 11) by the House Appropriations Committee of a spending measure that includes federal funding for key transportation, infrastructure and economic development projects that she championed for the communities in the 34th Congressional District. “These critical transportation dollars for the Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, revival of the historic Red Trolley, and other needed local transportation improvements will ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard joined her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in voting to approve legislation that makes the single largest investment in college financial aid since the 1944 GI Bill, helping millions of students and families pay for college – and doing so at no new cost to U.S. taxpayers. The legislation, the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 (H.R. 2669), which the House passed on July 11 by a vote of 273 to 149, would boost college financial aid by about $18 ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard is calling on the U.S. Senate and the Bush Administration to reauthorize the COPS hiring grants program that enabled local law enforcement agencies serving the 34th District to hire more than 4,500 additional officers. Nationally, the program was responsible for the hiring of 117,000 additional police officers in every state of the union from 1995 to 2005. With the congresswoman’s support, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 381 to 34 to reauthorize the pr... Read more

The Zero to Five Foundation announced today that its early intervention parenting/infant/toddler Program pilot program at Los Angeles Elementary on Hobart and Pico Boulevard and Utah Street Elementary School in the Boyles Heights area will continue permanently under the auspices of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Adult and Career Education Division. A group of educators began this pilot program nine years ago with the purpose of focusing on the critical years of child development (0-3 ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (shown right) welcomed 17-year-old Anthony Castañeda of Bellflower to our nation’s capital to celebrate the opening of the Congressional Art Competition exhibit, "An Artistic Discovery." Anthony (second on right) won first place in the 14th Annual 34th Congressional District Student Art Competition chaired by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard. The Mayfair High School student’s water color, gouache, acrylic, and color pencil piece titled “Ancestral Wind” will... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) thanks Jackie Brown of Downey for her helpful assistance as an intern in her Washington, D.C. office this summer. A senior at California State University – Fullerton, Jackie is one of approximately 20 students from California participating in the university’s Washington, D.C. internship program. Jackie’s internship extends from June 6 through August 3. Jackie graduated from Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra in 2004. After graduating from college in t... Read more

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $1.53 million to the USC Rand Schrader AIDS Clinical Trial Group’s Clinical Trials Unit at LAC+USC Medical Center. The unit will be funded for seven years beginning on July 1. “We are thrilled to be able to continue offering cutting-edge research therapies to patients at USC’s Rand Schrader Clinic,” said Fred Sattler, chief of infectious diseases at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. “We remain enormously indebted to the County of Los Angeles for ou... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard thanks Colonel Alex Dornstauder of the Los Angeles U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for his steadfast support of efforts to revitalize the Los Angeles River and congratulates him on his new position at the National Headquarters of the Army Corps of Engineers. As the 57th Commander and District Engineer of the Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Colonel Dornstauder assisted the congresswoman in her efforts to secure a $20 million authorization in th... Read more