Today, House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) announced the awarding of more than $23 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants to the California Department of Public Health to help address the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Public Health is receiving $13.1 million for contract testing services, as well as $10.4 million for alternative care sites and emergency medical care facility expenses statewide. As chairwoman of...
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Today, Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03), the founding Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Maternity Care and members of the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee, celebrated the inclusion of key Maternity Care Caucus priorities in HR 7617, the FY 2021 domestic appropriations bill which includes funding for the Department of Health and Human Services. The congresswomen successfully advocated for provisions in this bill to promote materna...
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Today, House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $1.5 million in funding to the City of Los Angeles to support Great Plates COVID-19 meal delivery. As chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Chairwoman Roybal-Allard oversees FEMA funding. “As our communities fight the COVID-19 pandemic, we must ensure that our vulnerable populations, including seniors, ...
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Today, House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $29.9 million in Public Assistance Program funding to the City of Los Angeles for COVID-19 testing sites. As chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Chairwoman Roybal-Allard oversees FEMA funding. “This FEMA grant for Los Angeles’s COVID-19 testing sites will be invaluable as the city keeps fighting the s...
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Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) voted to pass H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, a sweeping bill by House Democrats to invest more than $1.5 trillion in modern, sustainable infrastructure. The bill will also create millions of good-paying jobs, combat the climate crisis, and address disparities in communities throughout California and the country. Congresswoman Roybal-Allard issued the following statement in support of the Moving Forward Act: “I’m proud to support H.R. 2, the Mov...
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Today, Congressional Public Health Caucus Co-Chairs Congressmembers Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Mike Simpson (ID-02), and Rob Wittman (VA-01) led the introduction of a resolution in the House of Representatives to recognize National Public Health Week 2020. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) is introducing the Senate companion resolution. Since 1995, the U.S. has observed National Public Health Week. The theme of this year’s National Public Health Week is “NPHW @ 25: Looking Back,...
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Today, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 1425), a bill to strengthen and enhance the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by expanding Americans’ access to quality and affordable health care, bringing down the cost of health care and prescription drugs, extending Medicaid coverage to new mothers, and more. Today’s vote comes days after the Trump Administration filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entir...
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Today, House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $2.7 million in Public Assistance Program funding to the City of Los Angeles for the Hospital Shelter Site at the LA Convention Center in response to the coronavirus pandemic. As chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Chairwoman Roybal-Allard oversees FEMA funding. “Los Angeles turned the LA Convention C...
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Today, House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $3.6 million in Public Assistance Grant funding to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) for non-congregate sheltering in response to the coronavirus pandemic. As chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Chairwoman Roybal-Allard oversees FEMA funding. “We absolutely must protect the homeless ...
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House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) has written to officials at the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) demanding action to protect the rights and well-being of unaccompanied children. Chairwoman Roybal-Allard wrote these letters with Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro ...
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