Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today announced he was appointed to serve on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. This committee oversees the activities of the U.S. intelligence community.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today issued the following statement after Senator Barbara Boxer's announcement that she will be retiring at the end of her current Senate term:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15), a member of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement condemning the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack: "An attack on Paris is an attack on all free people across the world. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families of French news magazine, Charlie Hebdo. We stand with the French people as they work to apprehend the terrorists.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today was sworn into the 114th U.S. Congress on the House Floor for his second term in office. He was later ceremonially sworn into office in front of family, friends, and East Bay constituents in the Rayburn Gold Room by Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who administered the oath of office. Swalwell is an active member of the Homeland Security Committee.
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), a member of the Committee on Homeland Security, today issued the following statement after the release of the Senate report reviewing the CIA's detention and interrogation program:
"Torture is not an American value. As Senator Feinstein so courageously said today after releasing the Senate report on the CIA and torture, ‘America is big enough to admit when it was wrong, and confident enough to learn from its mistakes.' This is a mistake we must learn from.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today released the following statement after voting no on the FY 15 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):
WASHINGTON, DC – H.R. 3438, the National Laboratories Mean National Security Act, a bill introduced by U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15), today unanimously passed the House of Representatives. This bipartisan legislation will ensure the full resources of Department of Energy (DOE) labs, like Lawrence Livermore and Sandia in his congressional district, are readily available to help states and localities protect our country against terrorism. Currently, uncertainty in the law prevents such collaborations.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15), a member of the Homeland Security Committee and co-sponsor of the comprehensive immigration reform bill H.R. 15, today released the following statement expressing his support for President Obama's executive actions to protect 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today was appointed by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee for the 114th Congress. The Steering & Policy Committee sets the Democratic policy agenda and nominates Democratic Members for committee assignments.