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February 23, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), ranking member of the CIA Subcommittee for the House Intelligence Committee, returned Friday from a trip focused on oversight of the Iran nuclear deal and on Russian aggression toward Georgia, NATO and the West.

In Vienna, Austria, Swalwell was briefed by the U.S. Mission – America's liaison to Vienna-based international organizations including the International Atomic Energy Agency – on the status of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, with which Iran remains compliant.


April 6, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) this week led 25 other Members of Congress in urging strong funding for the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which conducts groundbreaking fusion research that could bring about a new energy future while helping America maintain its national security.


March 1, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), the Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement Wednesday night regarding Jeff Sessions' contacts with a Russian diplomat:


February 23, 2017

His third term in the House of Representatives is already shaping up to look quite different for Eric Swalwell.

2017 brings a variety of changes professionally, including new committee posts, new legislative issues, a new district office in Castro Valley and a new Republican president -- not to mention a big one personally, due this spring.


February 17, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-07) on Friday praised Rep. Walter B. Jones (NC-3) for becoming the first House Republican to cosponsor their H.R. 356, the Protecting Our Democracy Act, to create an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election.


February 13, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), the Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement Monday night upon the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn:


February 10, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), the Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement Friday regarding reports that National security adviser Michael Flynn may have broken the law when he privately discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with that country's ambassador to the United States during the month before President Trump took office:


February 2, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), the Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement Thursday regarding the Trump administration's lifting of sanctions against Russian intelligence officials:


January 23, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement regarding new reports of investigations into President Trump's associates' contacts with Russia:


January 12, 2017

Our democracy was attacked in 2016's presidential election. Now it's up to our country's leaders to name who was responsible, find out how we were so vulnerable, and stand together – as Democrats and Republicans – to show we will do all we can to ensure we are secure going forward.

This attack came without a shot fired or a bomb dropped; instead, America's longstanding tradition of having free and fair elections was hacked by a foreign actor, with all evidence indicating Russia's responsibility. The attack was electronic, almost invisible.