Lucille Roybal-Allard

one of the disgraceful things that happens in this country is that children who work in agriculture are not protected under the same labor laws as children in every other industry.

It is important that not only are women allowed to live a healthy life after they have given birth, but that their children are allowed to grow up and be healthy as well.

According to the Child Welfare League in America, 11 percent of students at 2-year institutions are experiencing homelessness due to the pandemic.

It is a shame that our children would be used as pawns in a political battle and they would not have coverage for any period of time.

As a co-author of H.R. 6, I rise in strong support of the American Dream and Promise Act. I thank Speaker Pelosi for making the American Dream and Promise Act one of the top 10 Democratic priorities in the 117th Congress. I also thank…

In the traumatic year since the COVID-19 pandemic attacked our country and the world, countless families have experienced heart shattering personal losses. Parents, children, friends, neighbors, and colleagues have lost their lives…

I take no joy in voting to impeach President Trump, but this President has blood on his hands in the wake of this attempted coup. The fact remains, no President of the United States is above the law, and this President has sadly violated…

Ten years ago, this March, I proudly cast my vote in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The ACA built on the promise that was begun with the passage of Medicare in 1965, which represented a milestone in our nation's…

I strongly support the House Majority's Heroes Act which is a critical and urgent response in our fight to defeat the COVID-19 catastrophe. As the unimaginable toll of this virus continues to mount, an economic disaster is also unfolding…

As we continue the fight to help our constituents and all Americans as they face the devastating coronavirus crisis, I am voting today in strong support of H.R. 266, The Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act, to help…

As a mother, I just can't accept that we would send a 7-year-old child who is extremely ill, has uncontrollable seizures, back to Mexico and the deplorable conditions that have been described there.

I want to begin by thanking the Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Mr. Fleischmann, for his professionalism and partnership in putting this bill together. I don't believe either one of us is satisfied with…

I am proud to be voting today for the passage of the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, a bill to lower healthcare costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for certain high-cost drugs. I am even prouder that H.R…

It is the frontline communities that are disproportionately burdened by environmental injustices that are happening day in and day out.

My district is one of the most heavily polluted districts in the country.

we need to think bigger than that, and we need to think bolder than that in figuring out how do we get to the zero emissions

Together, we can make maternal and infant health a national priority. We believe this is long overdue.

We must do everything that we can to ensure the safety of women. It is also critical to recognize that maternal mortality is just the tip of the iceberg.

Despite World Health Organization recommendations to eliminate unnecessary childbirth interventions, the U.S. continues to have some of the highest Cesarean birth and induction rates.

Increasing access to midwives will help address maternity care shortages while lowering costs and providing high-quality care.

But yet I have to tell you that throughout our visit to the Homestead facility, it was obvious to all of us that the shelter was run more like a prison than like a child-appropriate housing.

While I continue to believe the majority of your personnel carry out their mission in a professional manner and treat those in their custody with humanity, I have significant concerns about the reports of mistreatment by some Border Patrol…

We have heard from child welfare specialists time and time again that this kind of restrictive setting like Homestead is extremely harmful to the children.

Let's follow both the letter and the spirit of the law.

But I think you can see in the numbers between the acute investigation and the rising youth use of e-cigarettes that there is a growing problem, and diminished resources would not help.