Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joins leaders who have made contributions in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) at a STEM legacy luncheon in our nation’s capital. The congresswoman joined in honoring two individuals for their visionary leadership in the development of the ground-breaking, multi-agency partnerships responsible for the STEM-Up™ Initiative: Clarence Johnson, Principal Director, Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity at the Unite... Read more

To mark the anniversary of Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard’s introduction of the CARE Act legislation in September of 2009, Actress Eva Longoria Parker and Film Director U Roberto Romano joined the congresswoman on Capitol Hill for the showing of select scenes from the upcoming feature length documentary, The Harvest/La Cosecha. The film shows what many in the United States find difficult to believe; that it is legal for American children aged 12 and sometimes younger to toil unlimited hour... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) presents a House Resolution she introduced commemorating historic milestones in Mexico’s history to Mexico’s Consul General in Los Angeles Juan Marcos Gutiérrez Gonzalez at a Mexican Independence day program in Boyle Heights. The annual community gathering commemorates the September 16, 1810 start of the Mexican uprising against Spain in the City of Dolores Hidalgo in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico. The event was organized by El Comité Mexicano Cívico... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) presents Sister Mary Catherine Antczak, Principal of Santa Teresita School in the Ramona Gardens community in Boyle Heights, with a certificate of Congressional Recognition in honor of the Catholic elementary school’s 60th anniversary. Held on the school’s playground, more than 400 students, school alumni, community members and administrators participated in the anniversary celebration highlighted by student performances. Santa Teresita School is a Cat... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) congratulated this year’s graduates of Centro Latino for Literacy’s Leamos™ and Funcional programs at a graduation ceremony held in the Crescent Arms Hall at the Centro Latino for Literacy building in Pico Union. Centro Latino's mission is to teach Latino immigrants to read and write. Centro Latino pioneered an innovative approach by using a web-based literacy program, known as Leamos por Computadora™ (or Leamos). Leamos is a comprehensive web-based li... Read more

Citing alarming statistics about the escalating rates of childhood obesity in our country, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) warned a packed room of about 400 participants at the 8th Annual TriCaucus Health Disparities Summit that the current generation of youth are in danger of living fewer years than their parents. “Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years, and while the prevalence of childhood obesity has risen among all racial and ethnic subgroups over the years... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) joined with her colleagues Congressman Mike Honda, Congresswoman Donna Christensen and Congresswoman Diane Watson in thanking the University of Southern California (USC) for organizing and hosting this year’s 8th Annual Tri Caucus Health Disparities Summit at a welcoming reception for the summit’s panelists and guests. The summit, held the next day, focused on childhood obesity and the importance of community involvement and coalition building in addre... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard Joined U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today in announcing the award of an additional $149 million in funding to California communities, including Los Angeles, struggling to reverse the effects of the foreclosure crisis. The grants announced today represent a third round of funding through HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) and will provide targeted emergency assistance to help local California communities acquire, redeve... Read more

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) tours P. Kay Metal, Inc. to meet with the management and staff of the manufacturing company that is a global supplier of soldering materials used in the electronic assembly process. The soldering process involves joining two or more metal items together by melting a filler metal into the joint. The filler metal, called solder, melts, but the adjoining pieces of metal keep their shape and remain intact. On the tour led by Plant Manager Jay Hardin, compa... Read more

Representatives with the BNSF Hobart Intermodal Terminal located in Vernon and Commerce guided Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) on a tour of the container rail yard. The Hobart rail yard is among the nation’s busiest and serves as a vital link to goods movement in Southern California. In 2008, more than one million containers moved by rail through the Hobart yard. The Hobart representatives also provided the congresswoman with an update of the yard’s improvement plans. The plans inclu... Read more