Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard joined 30 other Members of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation in sending a letter to Attorney General Holder, Federal Reserve Chair Bernanke, and Comptroller of the Currency Dugan requesting investigations into systemic wrongdoing by financial institutions in their handling of delinquent mortgages, mortgage modifications, and foreclosures. “My constituents are among thousands of families throughout California who have sought help from th... Read more

“I am thrilled that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that the Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is the recipient of $47.75 million from the Federal Department of Transportation for the State of Good Repair Bus Initiative,” Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard said. “Metro operates the second largest bus fleet in the nation, and this project will enable Metro to build a critical state-of-the-art facility to maintain its growing fleet of clean air b... Read more

U.S. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard will host a free information workshop for high school students interested in attending a U.S. service academy. Students will learn about the academy requirements, including the application process for receiving a nomination from the congresswoman. The service academies provide a free college education in return for five years of military service as a commissioned officer following graduation. WHO: High school students and their parents are invited to meet... Read more

Norma Flores can tell you firsthand that the exploitation of child labor is not just a problem in other countries. On any given day in the United States, thousands of children toil in agricultural fields across the country harvesting the fruits and vegetables Americans consume every day. Caught up in our busy lives, most of us are unaware that this happens in our own backyard. Even more shocking, however, is the fact that our nation’s labor laws actually allow it. Child agricultural workers are ... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) introduced the Nursing Home Patient Protection & Standards Act” (H.R. 6261) this week to ensure consistent standards in nursing homes across the nation. H.R. 6261 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 o... Read more

Furthering the effort to curb underage drinking in our country, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) introduced bipartisan legislation today to reauthorize and bolster federal underage drinking prevention programs under the Sober Truth on Preventing (STOP) Underage Drinking Act. Congresswoman Roybal-Allard was joined by Congressman Zach Wamp (R, TN-3), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D, CT-3), and Congressman Frank Wolf (R, VA-10.) U.S. Senator Chris Dodd (CT) plans to introduce the identical... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard joins community leaders in welcoming U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan to the site of the New Genesis apartment project on Main Street. The 106‐unit project being developed by the Skid Row Housing Trust will provide permanent supportive housing in a mixed‐use and mixed‐income building with commercial retail space. The development will serve formerly homeless residents and the surrounding neighborhood. A portion of t... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) echoed the President’s recent announcement that service members whose service was extended under stop loss orders in Iraq and Afghanistan have until October 21, 2010 to apply for retroactive pay. Troops eligible for retroactive pay will receive $500 a month for each month their service was extended. The Defense Department estimates that while 145,400 troops are eligible, only 58,000 claims have been paid out so far. “I urge all of the eligible service ... Read more

Congressional and Latino community leaders called for enhanced efforts to combat the growing HIV epidemic in their communities and adequate resources to implement the Administration’s new HIV/AIDS Strategy during a Capitol Hill congressional briefing. The calls came in response to the recent release of the White House HIV/AIDS Strategy, which addresses the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic among communities of color nationwide and in Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia by identif... Read more

Today, Senate Democrats came up short in their bid to end a Republican filibuster of the annual defense authorization bill, dooming hopes of using that legislation as a vehicle to finally pass the DREAM Act on behalf of tens of thousands of undocumented students. In response, Congresswoman Roybal-Allard—an original co-author of the House-version of this critical legislation (HR 1751)—condemned the politically-motivated vote but pledged to continue fighting to fix America’s broken immigration sys... Read more