Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement Friday:
WASHINGTON, DC —Today, Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) introduced the Securing Energy Critical Elements and American Jobs Act to help the United States develop the technical expertise and production capabilities to assure a long-term, secure and sustainable supply of energy critical elements (ECEs).
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Chairman of the Intelligence Modernization and Readiness Subcommittee, succeeded in including measures on education, parental leave, and Russian influence campaigns in this year's bipartisan Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA), which the House approved Wednesday on a 397-31 vote.
WASHINGTON, DC – Following a new report which found representatives of at least 22 foreign governments have spent money at Trump Organization properties, Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) reintroduced the Prevent Corrupting Foreign Influence Act today.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) on Wednesday was named chair of the Intelligence Modernization and Readiness Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
The subcommittee was created as part of a complete reorganization of the committee's structure for this 116th Congress, so that subcommittees will be more focused on the Intelligence Community's core missions than specific agencies.
WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), David Cicilline (RI-01), and Lee Zeldin (NY-01) on Tuesday led 62 other House Members in urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to publicly condemn the violence against the LGBT community in Chechnya and to pressure Russian leaders to stop this persecution.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement Friday:
"The Trump-Russia report released by the House Intelligence Committee's Republican majority is an incomplete, inaccurate report of what the Russians did and who they worked with, solely intended to cover up evidence damaging to President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) led 20 of their House colleagues in opposing the Trump Administration's proposed Fiscal Year 2019 cut in funding for the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which helps America stay the global forefront of energy research while helping to maintain its nuclear stockpile.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21) on Monday introduced the bipartisan Expanding Wounded in Action Notification Act, a bill requiring that Members of Congress be notified whenever a constituent serving in the armed forces is seriously wounded and hospitalized while on active duty.
Current law requires such notification only when a seriously wounded service member is transferred to a military hospital within the United States; this bipartisan bill would expand the requirement to include hospitalizations abroad as well.