Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with Beatriz Stotzer, Chairwoman of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, to discuss ways to increase affordable housing in Los Angeles. A longtime advocate of affordable housing, the congresswoman now serves on the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee in Congress which has federal funding jurisdiction over the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ... Read more

At a time when college costs continue to skyrocket, I was proud to join my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 17 in voting for a bill to make college more affordable for the 5.5 million college students with subsidized student loans. The College Student Relief Act of 2007, which passed in a vote of 356-71, will cut the interest rate on need-based federally subsidized student loans for undergraduates in half over the next five years – from the current 6.8 percent to 3.4 pe... Read more

On behalf of the millions of seniors and individuals with disabilities in our country, I am proud to have joined my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in supporting “The Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007,” which passed January 12 in a bipartisan vote of 255 to 170. And I thank our Speaker Nancy Pelosi for making this issue one of the first priorities of the 110th Congress. The 2003 Medicare Rx Drug Law that created the current prescription drug program include... Read more

A national not-for-profit funded by America’s leading distillers, The Century Council honored Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) with its 2006 silver-plate award for her “outstanding commitment to fight drunk driving and underage drinking.” The congresswoman (shown holding the award) is the author of a new law called, “The STOP (Sober Truth on Preventing) Underage Drinking Act.” The STOP Act makes permanent an Ad Council national media campaign directed at parents that started in 2005, ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) speaks with Photography Exhibit Producer Gil Botello as nationally acclaimed photojournalist George Rodriguez of Pico Rivera in Los Angeles County captures the moment on film. Eighty of Mr. Rodriguez’ photographs of farm worker activist César E. Chávez are on display this week at the Numark Gallery in the nation’s capital. During the meeting in Congresswoman Roybal-Allard’s Washington, D.C. office, she presented him with a certificate of recognition in... Read more

On January 10, I was honored to join my colleagues as part of the new Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing an increase to the federal minimum wage. Under the Fair Minimum Wage Act, passed by the House in a vote of 315 to 116, the federal minimum wage would increase from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour over two years. The previous Republican-led Congress passed tax cuts for the wealthiest and ignored the needs of hard-working Americans earning the federal minimum wage. The r... Read more

On January 9, I joined my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing a measure by a vote of 299 to 128 to carry out the recommendations of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission to improve homeland security efforts and make our country safer. In 2002, Congress passed and funded the distinguished panel to investigate and report on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on our country. In spite of the urgency and critical nature of the panel's report and recommendations, the Bush Adminis... Read more

After being officially elected as our nation’s first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) (shown far left) congratulates Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard on beginning her eighth two-year term in Congress representing the 34th Congressional District of Los Angeles. Congresswoman Roybal-Allard’s husband, Mr. Edward T. Allard III, holds the Bible as the congresswoman re-enacts part of her swearing-in ceremony held earlier in the day when she pled... Read more

During a recent tour of the United Parcel Service's Olympic Boulevard facility in Downtown, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard presented Mr. Jose Garcia, a part-time UPS sorter, with a Congressional Certificate of Recognition for his 49 years of loyal service to the company. -- ### -- Read more

In the historic election of 2006, voters entrusted Democrats with the majority in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. With their votes, the American people asked for change. They cast their ballots in favor of a New Direction. Throughout the 2006 campaign, Democratic candidates laid out commitments that they would fulfill if the American public entrusted us with the majority. Americans called for greater integrity in Washington, and Democrats pledged to make Congress more... Read more