Merry Christmas from my family to yours!
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard1,326 likes · 16 talking about this
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- First Focus Campaign for ChildrenNon-Profit Organization
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- I am happy to hear that the City of Commerce had its groundbreaking for their Emergency Operations Center today! I was proud to have been able to secure $1 million for this much needed project.
- DREAMers who qualify under the new deferred action policy can't access healthcare benefits under the current rules. I'm trying to fix this:
- I am continuing to fight to keep families together.
- My heart and prayers are with the families in Newtown, Connecticut.
- Today I spoke out with dozens of children who are scared that their parents may be deported. Click here to read more: http://roybal-allard.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=315111
- Attention Latino business owners: Google has launched a Get America’s Businesses Online (GABO) initiative and is holding an event in Los Angeles tomorrow, December 11 to help businesses get online. Click here for more details:
- Great news for the new LA Courthouse! The contracts have been signed and construction is set to begin in 2013.
- Check out my discussion with Amy Isackson on KQED's California Report about the record number of Latino representatives elected to the new Congress:
- I'm helping to make the case for public health during the fiscal cliff talks. Click here to read more:
- I'm very pleased to see the streetcar project moving forward and was happy to help secure the first federal funding for the effort to restore the streetcar to the streets of Downtown LA. The voters have given their stamp of approval, and I will continue to support this important transportation project.
- I had a great time meeting fellow Californian & NASA Astronaut Joe Acaba yesterday!
- I'd like to know your thoughts on the impending "fiscal cliff." At the end of this month, the Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire and automatic federal spending cuts are slated to kick in (sequestration). Independent economists are reportin...g that the combination of these two things would be harmful to our recovery. Yesterday, Democrats took action filing a discharge petition which would automatically bring to the House floor the Senate-passed middle class tax cuts, which President Obama has said he will sign immediately. As Congress continues to negotiate, I'd like to hear what you think is the best path forward. Do you support extending the tax cuts on income up to $250,000?See More
- My colleagues and I are asking the Obama administration to make healthcare available to children who are able to stay in the U.S. under the deferred action immigration policy enacted earlier this year:
- Today I had the pleasure of meeting with Anna Gorman of the Los Angeles Times. Anna is a recipient of this year's Unsung Heroes of Public Health Award from the The CPH Foundation (Center for Public Health Foundation).
- Today I had the pleasure of meeting with Anna Gorman of the Los Angeles Times. Anna is a recipient of this year's Unsung Heroes of Public Health Award from the The CPH Foundation (Center for Public Health Foundation).
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