Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tonight appointed Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-15) an Impeachment Manager for the second impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Swalwell released the following statement:

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Eric Swalwell, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement:

"Democracy is under assault. Yesterday, the President and Republican seditionists in Congress incited a violent coup attempt on the U.S. Capitol. Because of brave law enforcement and military officers, the effort to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election failed. But this terrorist attack has put our experiment in self-governance on life support.

WASHINGTON, DC –– Yesterday, several legislative provisions authored by Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) were included in the H.R. 133, the Omnibus Appropriations and Emergency Coronavirus Relief bill. The bill increases non-defense spending by $12.5 billion above the budget caps, allowing for strong investments in American families and communities, and includes several critical Democratic priorities for COVID-19.

WASHINGTON, DC - TodayCongressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), who chairs the Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets, and Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Castro Valley) introduced the Internal Control Disclosure Improvement Act, a bill to ensure that public companies which have been subject to certain Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accounting and auditing enforcement actions proactively disclose internal accounting controls in the future.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, joined by Congressmembers Bill Pascrell Jr. (NJ-9), Eric Swalwell (CA-15), and 33 other House members, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr demanding that he stop using the Department of Justice (DOJ) to undermine our election and help President Trump's reelection campaign.

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) on Wednesday introduced the bipartisan Homicide Victims' Families Rights Act of 2020, to give more rights to the families of homicide victims in federal cases.

Swalwell and McCaul both are former prosecutors: Swalwell – a member of the House Committee on the Judiciary – was an Alameda County (Calif.) deputy district attorney, while McCaul was a federal prosecutor and a Texas deputy attorney general.

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) on Tuesday will introduce a resolution reaffirming the House of Representatives' commitment to the orderly and peaceful transfer of power called for in the Constitution of the United States.

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) on Thursday held the inaugural event of their new bipartisan Congressional Critical Materials Caucus, with three experts discussing how America can assure a long-term, secure, and sustainable supply of energy critical materials (ECMs).

The event coincided with a floor vote on legislation to help achieve these goals, which Rep. Swalwell has carried in every Congress since 2013. The legislation passed on a 220-185 vote, and now goes to the Senate.