Press Releases
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.
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.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) on Thursday introduced the bipartisan Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act, to push forward use of genetic and genomic testing to improve and save lives.
The bill's original cosponsors are Rep. John Shimkus (IL-15), Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52), Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN-03), and Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51).
CASTRO VALLEY, CA – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) will attend an "Expresso Yourself" constituent meeting on Saturday, February 17 in Hayward.
The Congressman will provide a brief update on the latest happenings in Washington, D.C., and then will answer constituents' questions. All 15th District residents are welcome.
WHAT: Expresso Yourself! with Rep. Eric Swalwell
WHO: Rep. Eric Swalwell and constituents
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, February 17
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), a member of the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees, on Monday introduced the Journalist Protection Act to make a federal crime of certain attacks on those reporting the news.
CASTRO VALLEY, CA – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) will host the 15th Congressional District's final town hall meeting of 2017 on Saturday, December 2 in San Ramon.
The Congressman will provide a brief update on what has happened in Washington, D.C., in the latter months of this tumultuous and busy year – including the Republican tax plan and the ongoing investigation of Russia's interference in our election – and then will answer constituents' questions. All 15th District residents are welcome.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), the founder and chairman of Future Forum, and other members of that group on Wednesday unveiled a policy paper entitled "Future For Us: Higher Ed" – a plan for making higher education more accessible and affordable.
Future Forum, founded in April 2015, is a group of 27 young House Democrats focused upon listening to and acting upon the needs of millennials – America's largest, most-diverse, and best-educated generation. Swalwell and other Future Forum members have visited with millennials in almost 50 U.S. cities to hear their concerns.
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 Tuesday:
"The Russian government – and its plans to attack our democracy again – scored a major victory today in the House of Representatives.
CASTRO VALLEY, CA – One week after the carnage in Las Vegas, Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) will host his constituents for a candlelight vigil on Sunday, October 8 to honor victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
"This is a time for our community to come together in sympathy and solidarity with those who were killed, wounded and traumatized in this horrific massacre," Swalwell said.
WHAT: Candlelight victim for victims of Las Vegas mass shooting
WHO: Rep. Eric Swalwell and many 15th Congressional District constituents
WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Eliot Engel (NY-16) on Friday led 71 other House members in a bipartisan call for assistance in rescuing Americans stranded in the Caribbean by Hurricane Irma.
Congress already has made hundreds of inquiries to the State Department regarding constituents left marooned by Irma, which was a Category 5 storm when it ripped through many Caribbean islands.