When approved, the SAFE Port Act will make progress toward protecting the physical infrastructure of our seaports as well as our national economy which is so clearly dependent on the commercial shipping business.

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.