Newborn screening is a public health intervention that involves a simple blood test used to identify many life-threatening genetic illnesses before any symptoms begin.

Since redistricting in 2010 the district no longer includes downtown Los Angeles. She has also been active in the Congressional Children's Caucus and on the Democratic Homeland Security and the Livable Communities task forces. Allard III.

S. Representative for California's 40th congressional district serving in Congress since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party.