Lucille Roybal-Allard

we just passed the minimum wage amendment and now my Republican colleagues want to take it away from the American worker. The Goodling amendments are slick strategies to prevent 13 million workers from receiving the 90 cents increase…

the Republican budget is short- sighted in its policy assumptions on transportation spendings. By singling out mass transit for executive cuts in transportation programs, the Republicans retreat from the ISTEA agreement of 91. Although…

America's workers need a raise. It has been almost 7 years since Congress raised the minimum wage. Nearly all the benefits of that bipartisan effort have been eroded by inflation, reducing the value of the minimum wage to its lowest level…

the cuts in the Republican Labor- HHS-Education bill, that targets the national senior service corps' volunteer program, is a display of blatant arrogance toward the value and experience of our country's older Americans. As we place…

the Republican Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill cuts bilingual education programs by 75 percent. This massive cut penalizes and punishes children by robbing them of their constitutional right to equal educational opportunities. The…

H.R. 1158, in its current form, includes a number of harmful rescissions that specifically target the most vulnerable segments of our Nation's population. These proposed rescissions disproportionately affect seniors and the disabled, among…

Absolutely. If you talk to teachers throughout this country, they will tell you when children go to school hungry, not only do they not learn, but they are much more susceptible to disease and, therefore, the cost of health care is also…

Americans want streamlined and efficient government, but they also expect Congress to be fair and responsible. They did not ask us to achieve these goals at all costs, especially if it means jeopardizing the future of our defenseless…

I declare my strong opposition to H.R. 728. This Republican proposal effectively dismantles the highly successful COPS program and the innovative prevention programs that have been praised by law enforcement agencies throughout the…

on any given night there are 9,000 hungry and homeless children in California. I rise in strong support of the Jackson-Lee/Clay amendments.

Mr. Chairman I rise in strong support of H.R. 4296, the Assault Weapons Ban. In fairness to legal gun-owners, it exempts 2,650 types of firearms created for hunting or homes protection and bans 19 types of deadly, semiautomatic assault…

I am pleased to join my freshman colleagues in this important discussion of welfare reform and to outline the framework we feel is crucial to creating positive and lasting reform. Our discussion is based on the premise that human dignity…

I rise to acknowledge the personal and professional achievements of our First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton. She is an accomplished and passionate advocate for children's rights and public education who has now taken the leadership position…

The bilingual education programs reauthorized in H.R. 6 are critical to promoting equal education opportunities for public school children. Many limited English-proficient students simply cannot learn and compete in the classroom without…

I rise in opposition to the Rohrabacher amendment. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act has been a vital source of Federal funding for our public school systems, particularly for disadvantaged youth. This politically motivated…

I rise in support of moving swiftly in providing emergency disaster assistance to the victims of the recent southern California earthquake. The January 17 Northridge earthquake was a disaster of EPIC proportions. It is estimated that the…