Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Councilwoman Jan Perry in welcoming JP Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman & CEO Jamie Dimon to Los Angeles and congratulating him on the bank’s expansion in the city, county and throughout California. The trio joined Chairman Dimon on a hard hat tour of one of the new Chase branches currently under construction in Downtown Los Angeles at 888 West 6th Street. The branch is scheduled to open in September. Chase is in the pr... Read more

At a Southeast Leadership Network reception, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard presents David Figueroa Ortega with a certificate of congressional recognition in honor of his new appointment as the Consul General of Mexico in Los Angeles. Mr. Ortega took office on April 25. Held at the La Huasteca Restaurant in Plaza Mexico in Lynwood, Congresswoman Roybal-Allard said during her welcoming remarks, “I am very happy to welcome our new Consul General of Mexico, David Figueroa Ortega to Los Angeles... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined local leaders and about 80 residents at the mayor’s “Meet Your Elected Official” event in the council chambers of the Downey City Hall. Downey Councilmember Mario Guerra, Assemblyman Ricardo Lara and State Senator Alan Lowenthal also participated in the panel discussion hosted by Downey Mayor Luis Marquez. The local elected officials each gave an overview of the services their offices provide to constituents. Pictured left to right in the group ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34), Chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Taskforce on Health, made the following statement today in honor of National Health Center Week: “Community health centers provide affordable, high quality, cost effective health care to all people, regardless of their ability to pay. Throughout the country and its territories, America’s health centers serve more than 20 million people, including more than 800,000 patients in Los Angeles County – 100,000... Read more

Congressional Record Tribute: Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the late George Ramos, a longtime Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist in Los Angeles, a Cal Poly professor, and a decorated Vietnam War veteran who devoted much of his life to honoring the Latino community that he knew so well and loved. Mr. Ramos grew up in the area of East Los Angeles known as Belvedere Garden. As we learned through his own writings, Mr. Ramos escaped the trappings of poverty, drugs and gang ... Read more

“I voted “No” on the Budget Control Act, a bill that was forced on this Congress by the extreme right of the Republican Party, because it is a bad and unbalanced bill with potentially dire consequences for my constituents and the American people. This so called “compromise” is a lopsided bill which focuses only on spending cuts and does not include one dollar of the increased revenue needed to successfully address our nation’s looming deficit. The Budget Control Act saddles low income and middle... Read more

On the eve of the 46th anniversary of the enactment of the Medicare program, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) spoke out against repeated Republican efforts to dismantle the popular health insurance program for seniors and people with disabilities. “As we celebrate the 46th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare, I reject the Republican view that the program must be scrapped and replaced with a new system that shifts costs to seniors,” Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard said. “Over ... Read more

Despite the fact that our nation has made progress to reduce the rate of teen pregnancy, many minority communities continue to struggle with disproportionately high rates. To address disturbing statistics that show over half of all Latina and African American girls will become pregnant at least once before they turn 20, Congresswoman Roybal-Allard and U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer introduced The Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011. “Teenage pregnancies often lead to signif... Read more

(July 20, 2011) Washington, D.C. – Speaking out against potential cuts to key safety net programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as part of ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, Members of Congress who belong to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus held a press conference today on Capitol Hill to say in a unified voice that such cuts would be devastating to their constituents and vulnerable citizens throughout... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) introduced the "Nursing Home Patient Protection & Standards Act” to ensure consistent standards in nursing homes across the nation. H.R. 2522 provides training and whistleblower protections for the surveyors who oversee the quality of care provided by nursing home facilities. “According to a November 2009 GAO Report, nursing home inspectors known as surveyors are being improperly pressured to ‘under-report’ the problems with care of nursing home reside... Read more