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December 2004
- (December 23, 2004) Little
Tokyo, Los Angeles_Photo: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard
meets with seniors at the Koreisha Chushokukai Senior Center
to learn about their concerns regarding Social Security and
other important federal programs.
- (December 21, 2004) Angelus
Plaza, downtown Los Angeles - Photo: Congresswoman Lucille
Roybal-Allard meets with seniors at the Angelus Plaza senior
housing complex to learn about their concerns regarding Social
Security and other important federal programs.
- (December 17, 2004) Chinatown,
Los Angeles - Photo: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard meets
with seniors at the Chinatown Senior Citizens Center to learn
about their concerns regarding Social Security and other important
federal programs.
- (December 14, 2004) Downey
- (Photo) Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard discusses her
efforts to protect guaranteed benefits under Social Security
with seniors at the Barbara Riley Community Center.
- (December 7, 2004) Photo:
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard thanked Daniel Gardner
of Downey for his assistance in her Washington, D.C. office
during a two-month fellowship program that ended in early December.
- (December 3, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard, Mayor Hahn Announce $61 million Homeland
Security Award for the Los Angeles Urban Area
- (December 2, 2004) Pico
Union/Westlake - Photos: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard
attends the dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the
naming of a new technology center in her honor at the Pico
Union Family Resource Center.
- (December 2, 2004) Photos:
Boyle Heights - Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard meets with
more than 250 Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles residents
at the Lucille Beserra Roybal Youth and Family Center.
November 2004
October 2004
- (October 28, 2004) USC,
Davidson Conference Center, Los Angeles - (Photo) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard speaks at the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute
Conference about efforts to improve Latino college enrollment.
- (October 26, 2004) Congresswoman
Roybal-Allard meets with students at the Camino Nuevo Charter
Academy in the Westlake area of Los Angeles during Teach for
America Week.
- (October 16, 2004) Photo:
Congresswoman Roybal-Allard thanks U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet
Joshua Ramirez of Huntington Park for helping to conduct this
year's service academy workshop in Bellflower.
- (October 14, 2004) In
Observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Marie Claire
and Liz Claiborne Join the Office of Congresswoman Lucille
Roybal-Allard (CA-34) At a Briefing to Discuss Congressional
Action On the Important Issue.
- (October 13, 2004) Op-Ed:
Wondering How to Pay Sky-Rocketing College Costs? Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34th) Urges Cash-Strapped Parents
and Students to Review All the Options
- (October 9, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard Announces Final Passage of the FY 2005
Homeland Security Spending Bill. The Measure Includes a Provision
the Congresswoman Authored to Prevent the Privatization of
Immigration Services Jobs.
- (October 5, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard’s measure to name the planned space
learning center in Downey, CA “The Columbia Memorial
Space Science Learning Center” passes the U.S. House
of Representatives
September 2004
- (September 26, 2004) Congresswoman
Roybal-Allard is honored by White Memorial Medical Center
in Boyle Heights for her successful efforts to obtain $1.49
million for the hospital to expand its neonatal intensive
care, emergency care and cardiac care units.
- (September 25, 2004) Congresswoman
Roybal-Allard is honored by AltaMed for her ongoing support
of the health care organization's HIV programs and services.
- (September 24, 2004) Op-ed
by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34): Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard Invites the Community to her October
9 District Health and Resource Fair at the Maywood Activity
Center at 4801 E. 58th Street from 10 to 2 p.m. Health
care screenings for diabetes, heart disease, asthma and
many other serious illnesses will be conducted on site
at no charge
- (September 22, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard meets with California leaders in
the credit union industry.
- (September 22, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34th) Invites Students to Learn
More About the U.S. Service Academies
- (September 21, 2004) Photo:
During the national week of action on immigation reform,
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard is honored by leading
advocacy organizations for her work on the Student Adjustment
Act. The congresswoman's measure (H.R. 1684) would help
undocumented students who meet certain eligibility requirements
to qualify for in-state tuition and obtain legal residency.
- (September 20, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard speaks at the 10th Annual Rail-Volution
Conference in Los Angeles about the importance of livable
communities, smart growth and transit-oriented development.
- (September 15, 2004) Congresswoman
Roybal-Allard meets with Mr. Fred Wellons of Baker Commodities,
Inc.
- (September 14, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard speaks about the importance of reducing
underage drinking at a briefing co-hosted by the National
PTA and the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth.
- (September 10, 2004) Photo:
Congresswoman Roybal-Allard meets with members from local
chambers throughout the 34th Congressional District in
Maywood to learn how she can best assist them in dealing
with federal agencies.
- (September 9, 2004) Senate,
House take up Congresswoman Roybal-Allard's measure to
halt the outsourcing of immigration services jobs.
- (September 9, 2004) Photo:
Members of the California Bankers Association (CBA) praised
Congresswoman Roybal-Allard for her ongoing support of
the Small Business Administration's 7A loan program
- (September 8, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard meets with Brendan Kelley of the
Ben Myerson Candy Company.
August 2004
July 2004
- (July 22, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard Announces Funding to Construct a
New Federal Courthouse in Downtown Los Angeles
- (July 22, 2004) El
Concejal Villaraigosa y la Congresista Roybal-Allard Inauguran
el Centro de Tecnologia Avanzada en Boyle Heights Celebracion
Comunitaria Marca la Apertura de la Instalacion de $11
Millones
- (July 22, 2004) Councilmember
Villaraigosa and Congresswoman Roybal-Allard Break Ground
On State-of-the-Art Technology Center in Boyle Heights
Community Celebration Marks Groundbreaking of $11 Million
Facility
- (July 21, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard was Joined Today by Senate and House
Colleagues in Introducing “The STOP (Sober Truth
on Preventing) Underage Drinking Act”
- (July 17, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard Attends the Groundbreaking Ceremony
For the Eastside Extension of the Metro Gold Line Light
Rail Project
- (July 13, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Welcomed Art Competition
Winner Christine Bae Of Bellflower to Washington, D.C.
for the Opening of the Student Art Competition Exhibit
in the Capitol Building
- (July 7, 2004) Photo:
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard met with Kathleen Reyes
of the City of Commerce during her visit to Washington,
D.C. as the California delegate to the National Education
Association's Representative Assembly. A 7th and 8th grade
teacher at Bell Gardens Intermediate, Ms. Reyes met with
the congresswoman to discuss the impact of the "No Child
Left Behind Act" on special education students and English
language learners.
- (July 6, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Invites Local Residents To
A U.S. Citizenship Workshop
- (July 4, 2004) Op-ed
by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34): Celebrating
America's Birth.
- (July 1, 2004) Photo:
Congresswoman Roybal-Allard attends the annual Independence
Day celebration at the Angelus Plaza senior housing complex
in Los Angeles.
June 2004
- (June 30, 2004) Photo:
Congresswoman Roybal-Allard meets with elected officials,
community leaders and other residents of the City of Cudahy
to hear their concerns and to discuss the many services
her office provides to constituents.
- (June 25, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard Announces House Passage of 2005 Funding
For Los Angeles Harbor And Los Angeles River.
- (June 24, 2004) Mothers
Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Honors Congresswoman Lucille
Roybal-Allard (CA-34) with its 2004 Congressional Excellence
Award
- (June 22, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard meets with representatives from Private
Essential Access Community Hospitals (PEACH, Inc.) in Los
Angeles to discuss federal funding of key health care programs
that service the majority of their patients.
- (June 18, 2004) Floor
Statement by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard Against
the Privatization of Immigration Officers.
- (June 18, 2004) Gracias
a una Medida aprobada Hoy por la Cámara de Representantes,
Los Angeles podría obtener un gran aumento en Fondos
de Seguridad Nacional, Anunció la Congresista Lucille
Roybal-Allard.
- (June 18, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Announces House Passage of
Security Training Rules for Flight Attendants
- (June 18, 2004) Under
a House-Passed Measure Today, Los Angeles Would Gain Sizable
Increases in Homeland Security Funds, Congresswoman Lucille
Roybal-Allard Announced.
- (June 17, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard congratulates El Clasificado, a company
based in East Los Angeles that publishes the nation’s
second-largest free Spanish-language weekly magazine, on
becoming a top 10 finalist in the Dell/NFIB (National Federation
of Independent Business) Small Business Excellence in Customer
Experience Award.
- (June 17, 2004) Un
artículo de opinión de la Congresista Lucille
Roybal-Allard (CA-34): Graduación para todos: una
meta alcanzable.
- (June 17, 2004) Op-ed
by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34): Graduation
For All - An Achievable Goal
- (June 17, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard meets with Bill Noce, the President
and CEO of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Elizabeth Lowe,
the chair of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Gail Margolis
to discuss federal health care funding for children.
- (June 14, 2004) Nominated
by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34), Downey,
Huntington Park Students Accept Prestigious Appointments
to U.S. Service Academies.
- (June 1, 2004) Federal
Transit Administration Approves $490.7 Million Funding
Pact For Light Rail Extension To East Los Angeles.
May 2004
- (May 27, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard Attends a Check Presentation Ceremony
at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA.
- (May 27, 2004) The
first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress, Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard tells what she's learned to Latina
Style Magazine.
- (May 20, 2004) National
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition honors Congresswoman
Roybal-Allard with the Special Impact Award for her work
to promote Maternal and Child Health.
- (May 19, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) met with Kay Buck, the Executive
Director of the Los Angeles-based Coalition to Abolish
Slavery & Trafficking.
- (May 19, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard Applauds the Announcement by Tecate
Beer to Discontinue its Offensive Billboard Ad.
- (May 19, 2004) Op-ed:
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Praises The
National World War II Memorial And Urges Participation
In The Memorial's Online Registry And Library Of Congress'
Veterans History Project.
- (May 18, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) discusses prescription drug
costs with pharmacists.
- (May 18, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard hosts the Los Angeles Area Chamber
of Commerce during its annual "ACCESS DC" trip.
- (May 14, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard and other members of the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus protest "racist and sexist" Tecate beer
ad.
- (May 13, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) met with members of the National
Association of REALTORS.
- (May 6, 2004) As
Mother’s Day approaches, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard
(CA-34) will introduce the “Newborn Screening Saves
Lives Act of 2004” to help mothers raise healthy
children.
- (May 6, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) congratulates the Alameda
Corridor Transportation Authority for repaying its federal
loan 28 years early.
- (May 5, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) honors Asian American and
Pacific Islander veterans and current service members
- (May 5, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) thanks Emergency Medical
Technician (EMT) Mike Roberts of Cerritos, CA for his outstanding
leadership in June 2003 when he directed all emergency
equipment - including 11 ambulances and fire equipment
- to the scene of a 15-car train derailment in the City
of Commerce.
- (May 5, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) and California Assembly Speaker
Fabian Nunez meet with members of the Congressional Hispanic
Caucus and members of the California Democratic Congressional
Delegation.
- (May 4, 2004) Michele
Rakoff, co-chair of the Los Angeles Breast Cancer Alliance,
presented Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) with
its 2004 Leadership Award for her ongoing support on behalf
of the organization's legislative priorities.
April 2004
- (April 29, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard joins the Congressional Hearing Health
Caucus.
- (April 28, 2004) Latino
Leadership Link: The bipartisan Student Adjustment Act
(H.R. 1684) breaks down the barriers students face as a
result of their undocumented status.
- (April 28, 2004) El
Latino Leadership Link: El Proyecto de ley de Ajuste Estudiantil
(H.R. 1684) derrumba los obstáculos que los estudiantes
enfrentan por culpa de ser indocumentados.
- (April 28, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Announces 2004 Congressional
Arts Competition Winners.
- (April 28, 2004) La
Congresista Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Anuncia A Los
Ganadores De La Competencia Artística Congresional
2004.
- (April 27, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with members of the
International Longshore and Warehouse Union to discuss
port security, trade, labor standards and the issue of
outsourcing American jobs.
- (April 24, 2004) Congresista
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Mensaje para la Radio Hispana
Democrática.
- (April 23, 2004) Communities
Come Together To Raise Awareness About Domestic Violence
And Sexual Assaults.
- (April 22, 2004) Floor
Statement: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
Recognizes National Minority Cancer Awareness Week.
- (April 21, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Meets With Ronald Garcia
Of East Los Angeles Who Visited Washington, D.C. This Week
To Participate In The First "Next Generation Democratic
Summit".
- (April 20, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Delivered the Following Statement
Today at a Rally and Mock Graduation on Capitol Hill to
Gain Support for Legislation to Help Undocumented Students
Attend College.
- (April 8, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) celebrates the grand opening
of AltaMed Health Services Corporation's newest community
health center in East Los Angeles.
- (April 3, 2004) La
Opinión: "RECUERDOS: El legado de César Chávez".
- (April 2, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard Announces Passage in the U.S. House
of Representatives of $16 million in Federal Transportation
Funds for the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,
Bellflower, Commerce, Downey, Maywood and Vernon.
March 2004
- (March 31, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard honors Antonia Hernández for
her 23 years of public service with the Mexican American
Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).
- (March 31, 2004) "Cesar
Chavez's Legacy"
- (March 27, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard Attends TELACU Tech Center Grand
Opening
- (March 17, 2004) Congresswoman Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets
with Downey Mayor Kirk Cartozian
- (March 16, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) To Host 9th Annual Grants
Workshop
- (March 15, 2004) Congresswoman
Roybal-Allard Praises East La Community Corporation For
Building "Modern, Innovative, Affordable Housing For Working
Families."
- (March 11, 2004) Op-ed
by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34): This Tax
Season, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard Urges all Eligible
Working Families to take advantage of the Earned Income
Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and Free Tax Preparation Services
- (March 10, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) met with City of Commerce
Councilwoman Nancy Ramos on March 10 in Washington, D.C.
- (March 4, 2004) Congresswoman
Roybal-Allard meets with the Advocacy Director for the
California Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America on
March 4.
- (March 4, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard met with representatives of the American
Immigration Lawyers Association, Los Angeles Chapter, on
Thursday, March 4 to discuss needed changes to our nation's
immigration laws.
- (March 1, 2004) Free
Veterans Small Business Workshop at Patriotic Hall Auditoriumin
Los Angeles, April 17.
- (March 1, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Celebrates Dr. Seuss’s
100th Birthday by Reading to Students at Miles Avenue Elementary
School in Huntington Park
February 2004
- (February 27, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard attends the groundbreaking of the
new Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Downey.
- (February 26, 2004) Bell
High School Junior Stanley Martinez meets with Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) as part of the Presidential
Classroom Scholar’s Program on Global Business & Public
Policy
- (February 20, 2004) Orthopaedic
Hospital Honors Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard For
Her Efforts On Behalf Of Underserved Children
- (February 13, 2004) Following
a Panel Discussion in Los Angeles Today, Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Commends the Striking Grocery
Store Workers and Calls for a Swift and Just Resolution
to the Dispute
- (February 11, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) meets with Patrick Gomez,
Paul Roller, Art Reddy and James Vogts with the Los Angeles
County Peace Officers Association on February 11 to discuss
legislation in support of local law enforcement.
- (February 6, 2004) En
referencia a la pérdida de $17.2 millones en reembolsos
de impuestos a los constituyentes del distrito 34 en el
2001, la congresista Lucille Roybal-Allard urge a toda
la comunidad trabajadora que son elegibles a aplicar para
el Crédito por Ingreso del Trabajador (EITC por
sus siglas en inglés). ¡Entérese aquí si
usted y su familia califican!
- (February 6, 2004) Citing
a $17.2 million loss in tax refunds to constituents of
the 34th District in 2001 alone, Congresswoman Lucille
Roybal-Allard Urges all Eligible Working Families to file
for the Earned Income Tax Credit. Click here to find out
if you’re eligible!
- (February 1, 2004) Congresswoman
Lucille Roybal-Allard Announces 2004 Congressional Arts
Competition
January 2004
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