Rep. Laura Richardson

Viewing Laura Richardson's recent press releases and news feeds.

• Mar. 08 Congresswoman Laura Richardson Announces Major Funding for Local Schools with Title I, Part A Grants

• Mar. 01 Congresswoman Laura Richardson Applauds the Awarding of a Federal Highway Administration Grant to CALTRANS for Support of Minority and Women Owned Businesses

• Feb. 27 Congresswoman Laura Richardson Sounds the Alarm About the Possible Shutdown of Multiple Vital Departments and Programs because of a Single Republican Senator

• Feb. 25 Congresswoman Laura Richardson Questions Department of Transportation Official on Lack of TIGER Grant Funding for Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles

• Feb. 22 Congresswoman Laura Richardson Announces New Credit Card Protections Effective Today

• Feb. 18 Congresswoman Richardson Puts Port Security on International Parliamentary Agenda

Viewing Laura Richardson's recent legislative activity.

• Jan. 26 Cosponsored HR2963: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving small manufacturers' computer technology.

• Cosponsored HR4541: To amend title 38, United States Code, to exempt reimbursements of expenses related to accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from determinations of annual income with respect to pensions for veterans and surviving spouses and children of vetera…

• Cosponsored HRES1046: Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.

• Jan. 25 Cosponsored HR4274: To amend section 13(a) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)) to permit certain service institutions in all States to provide year-round services.

• Cosponsored HRES1034: Expressing support for designation of July 2010 as "Braille Literacy Month".

• Jan. 21 Cosponsored HR4311: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the increase in the expensing deduction for small businesses.

• Jan. 19 Cosponsored HR4302: To increase loan limits for small business concerns, to provide for low interest refinancing for small business concerns, and for other purposes.

• Jan. 18 Cosponsored HR4393: To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to reduce the matching requirement for participants in the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.

• Cosponsored HR4462: To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

• Jan. 12 Cosponsored HRES1002: Honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and encouraging the continued commitment to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a national day of service.

• Jan. 04 Cosponsored HR4405: To provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the United States and the international financial institutions by low-income countries, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 18 Cosponsored HRES996: Expressing support for designation of September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.

• Dec. 15 Cosponsored HR4333: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the health and well-being of school children, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored HR4349: To further allocate and expand the availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored HRES904: Honoring women who have served and women who are currently serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom as members of the Armed Forces and recognizing their increasing and invaluable role to the success of current military op…

• Cosponsored HR4360: To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs blind rehabilitation center in Long Beach, California, as the "Major Charles R. Soltes, Jr., O.D. Department of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Center".

• Dec. 14 Cosponsored HR4197: To authorize the Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a national monument in the District of Columbia.

• Cosponsored HR4321: To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 10 Cosponsored HR4214: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 45300 Portola Avenue in Palm Desert, California, as the "Roy Wilson Post Office".

• Cosponsored HR4285: To authorize the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement, and for other purposes.