Press Releases

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 15^th 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 15^th 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.

WASHINGTON, DC – The House late Wednesday night adopted a bipartisan amendment offered by Reps. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-08) to put $10 million toward studying improvements to airport perimeter security in Fiscal Year 2018.

The Swalwell-Fitzpatrick amendment to the Homeland Security section of H.R. 3354, the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, would provide these funds to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to pay for research, analysis, and testing of airport perimeter intrusion technology.