Press Releases
PLEASANTON, CA – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) coordinated a letter signed by 39 other Members of Congress calling for sufficient funding for transportation security purposes. The Members specifically requested that the Appropriations Committee allow for robust funding for FEMA’s Transit Security Grant Program (TGSP).
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today honored teacher Ms. Miroslaba “Lili” Velo of Hayward’s Tennyson High School on the floor of the House of Representatives for being named the 2013 Outstanding Senior High School Teacher of the Year by the California Council for Social Studies. Below are Rep. Swalwell’s remarks and the video:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Ranking Member of the Science, Space & Technology Energy Subcommittee, coordinated a letter signed by 75 Members of Congress to the House Appropriations Committee urging robust and sustained funding for the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15), a Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the bombings in Boston yesterday:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today participated in a Homeland Security Transportation Security Subcommittee hearing entitled “TSA’s Efforts to Advance Risk-Based Security: Stakeholder Perspectives.” Swalwell questioned witnesses from airline stakeholder groups regarding the decision by TSA to allow certain small knives on-board planes.