Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard - Proudly Serving California's 40th District

 
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Press Releases
  • CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING HAILS COST SAVINGS OF BIRTH CENTER
    Feb 12, 2013  - Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard hosted a congressional briefing on a newly released study by the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) that shows women who receive care at midwife-led birth centers incur lower medical costs and are less likely to have cesarean births compared to women who... More
  • CONGRESSWOMAN LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO PREVENT UNDERAGE DRINKING
    Feb 6, 2013  - Yesterday, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard along with Congressman Frank Wolf (VA) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT) introduced H.R. 498, to reauthorize the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP) Act. Signed into law six years ago with broad bipartisan and bicameral support, the STO... More
  • REP. ROYBAL-ALLARD APPLAUDS PRESIDENT’S COMMITMENT TO IMMIGRATION REFORM
    Jan 29, 2013  - Today, President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to making comprehensive immigration reform his top legislative priority. Congresswoman Roybal-Allard, a senior member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, released the following statement: The President made it clear today that comprehensive immigrat... More
  • REP. ROYBAL-ALLARD HAILS MEETING OF CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS & PRESIDENT OBAMA
    Jan 25, 2013  - Today, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) met with President Obama to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. Congresswoman Roybal-Allard, a member of the CHC, released the following statement about the meeting: I am extremely pleased that President Obama reaffirmed his support for... More
  • REP. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD RELEASES STATEMENT ON FISCAL CLIFF COMPROMISE
    Jan 2, 2013  - Late last night, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 257 to 167 to pass legislation to prevent tax rates from rising on middle class families, delay draconian federal spending cuts by two months, and ensure unemployment compensation is available for the long-term unemployed. Congresswoman Lucill... More
  • REP. ROYBAL-ALLARD WELCOMES REFORMS TO THE FLAWED SECURE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM; CONDEMNS INCREASED DEPORTATIONS
    Dec 21, 2012  - Today, Congresswoman Roybal-Allard welcomed reforms announced by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton to the controversial Secure Communities program (S-Comm). In a memo issued to agency personnel, Morton declared that orders to hold suspected undocumented immigrants would ... More
  • REP. ROYBAL-ALLARD ADVOCATES FOR HEALTHCARE FOR DREAMERS
    Dec 20, 2012  - Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard led 81 of her colleagues in sending a letter to President Obama urging him to reverse Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’ policies restricting eligibility for health coverage to DREAMers granted deferred action through the Deferred Action for Chi... More
  • REP. ROYBAL-ALLARD CALLS FOR AN END TO THE UNJUST DEPORTATION OF PARENTS OF U.S. CHILDREN
    Dec 17, 2012  - Today, Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard reacted to the release of new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) statistics that show an alarming number of parents of U.S. citizen children—more than 200,000—have been deported from the U.S. over the past two years. "Deporting parents and breaking ... More
  • REP. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD LEADS CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC, BLACK, ASIAN AMERICAN AND PROGRESSIVE CAUCUSES IN CALLING ON DHS TO END DISCRIMINATORY 287(g) PROGRAM
    Dec 13, 2012  - Washington, DC – Last night the Congressional Hispanic, Black, Asian American and Progressive Caucuses sent a letter authored by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard to the Department of Homeland Security urging Secretary Janet Napolitano to end the deeply flawed 287(g) program. Collectively represen... More
  • REP. ROYBAL-ALLARD RALLIES WITH CHILDREN ON THE HILL TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER
    Dec 12, 2012  - Dozens of children gathered on Capitol Hill to deliver thousands of letters as part of a campaign called A Wish for the Holidays. The letters came from 27 states written by children as young as four years old. The letters express one shared wish to Congress: stop deportations and keep families and c... More
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