Lucille Roybal-Allard

Lucille Roybal-Allard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 40th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Ed Royce
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 34th district
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Grace Napolitano
Succeeded by	Xavier Becerra
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 33rd district
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by	David Dreier
Succeeded by	Diane Watson
Member of the California State Assembly from the 56th district
In office 1986–1992
Preceded by	Gloria Molina
Succeeded by	Martha Escutia
Personal details
Born	Lucille Elsa Roybal June 12, 1941 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Edward Allard
Children	Ricardo Olivarez Lisa Marie Angela (Stepdaughter) Guy Mark (Stepson)
Alma mater	California State University, Los Angeles
Religion	Roman Catholic

Lucille Elsa Roybal-Allard (born June 12, 1941) is the U.S. Representative for California's 40th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Since redistricting in 2010, the district no longer includes downtown Los Angeles.

Early life, education and career

She was born in Boyle Heights, California, the daughter of Representative Edward R. Roybal and Lucille Beserra Roybal. She was educated at Ramona Convent Secondary School in Alhambra, California, and California State University, Los Angeles.

She was a public relations officer and fund raising executive. She was also a member of the California State Assembly ^[1] from 1986 to 1992.

U.S. House of Representatives

Committee assignments

• Committee on Appropriations
  • Subcommittee on Homeland Security
  • Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Caucuses

• Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (Associate Member)

She currently sits on the House Appropriations and Standards of Official Conduct committees. She has also served as the chair of the California Democratic congressional delegation (1998–1999) and of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. She has also been active in the Congressional Children's Caucus and on the Democratic Homeland Security and the Livable Communities task forces.

She is the first Mexican-American woman to serve in Congress. Along with Nydia Velazquez of New York City, she was the second Latina after Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Miami, and with Velazquez, the first Democrat and the first elected to a full term.

Legislation

Roybal-Allard introduced the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 1281; 113th Congress) into the House on March 20, 2013. The bill would amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize grant programs and other initiatives to promote expanded screening of newborns and children for heritable disorders.^[2] Roybal-Allard argued that "newborn screening not only transforms and save lives - it saves money."^[3] According to Roybal-Allard, in California "newborns are screened for more than 40 preventable and treatable conditions – and for every one dollar California spends on screening, it yields a benefit of over $9 as we prevent disease in children who are diagnosed with these treatable conditions."^[3]

Political campaigns

In 1992, she won the Democratic nomination for the newly created 33rd District. She won handily in November, and has been reelected ten times as of 2012. Her district was renumbered as the 34th after the 2000 Census and the 40th after the 2010 Census.

Personal life

Roybal-Allard is married to Edward T. Allard III. She has two children, Ricardo Olivarez and Lisa Marie Roybal Elliott^[4] (born Olivarez), two stepchildren, Angela Allard and Guy Mark Allard, and four grandchildren. Her husband is a management consultant and a retired Marine Corps captain. She lives in East Los Angeles, California.

See also

• NALEO
• Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act) a bill the Congresswoman introduced in 2009 to achieve parity among minor workers in the agricultural industry with that of other industries. See also the related film The Harvest (documentary).

References

1. Capitol Museum Archived April 26, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
2. "CBO - H.R. 1281". Congressional Budget Office. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
3. "Rep. Roybal-Allard and Rep. Simpson introduce the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Authorization Act". House Office of Rep. Roybal-Allard. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
4. LRA Press Release

External links

• Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard official U.S. House site
• Lucille Roybal-Allard for Congress
• Lucille Roybal-Allard at DMOZ
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Profile at Project Vote Smart
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Legislation sponsored at The Library of Congress
• Profile at SourceWatch