Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) released the following statement on the hearing held today by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission regarding India:
"While I appreciate the work of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on behalf of human rights around the world, I am concerned about the timing of today's hearing. We must never let the cause of human rights, which should be universal, be negatively affected by partisan, ideological, or religious divisions."
WASHINGTON, DC – Today on the House Floor, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) remembered Lance Corporal Andrew Silva of Union City, which is located in the Congressman's district. Lance Corporal Silva was killed just over one month after returning home from serving in Afghanistan.
Below are the remarks as prepared for delivery.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today announced that his bill, H.R. 3771, the Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act, was signed into law by President Obama. This law will help incentivize contributions to Typhoon Haiyan relief in the Philippines. The law was co-led in the House of Representatives by Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Joe Heck (R-NV), and Darrell Issa (R-CA). He is the seventh first-term Member to have a bill signed into law in the 113th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today announced that his bill, H.R. 3771, the Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act, passed the House of Representatives. This bill will help incentivize contributions to Typhoon Haiyan relief in the Philippines. The bipartisan bill is co-led by Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Joe Heck (R-NV), and Darrell Issa (R-CA).
HAYWARD, CA -- U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Member of the Homeland Security Committee, today announced he is an original cosponsor of H.R. 4263, the Social Media Working Group Act of 2014. He introduced it with Reps. Susan W. Brooks (R-IN-5), Donald Payne (D-NJ-10), and Steven Palazzo (R-MS-4). The bipartisan bill expands both the membership and influence of the Department of Homeland Security's existing Virtual Social Media Working Group.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) offered a five-year anniversary tribute on the House Floor for fallen Oakland Police Department officers Sergeant Mark Dunakin, Sergeant Ervin Romans, Sergeant Daniel Sakai, and Officer John Hege. The officers were killed in the line of duty on Saturday, March 21, 2009.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) led a letter with Reps. Richard Hudson (R-NC), Candice Miller (R-MI), and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Members of the Homeland Security Committee with jurisdiction over the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to Secretary of State John Kerry and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson based on security concerns raised by the ongoing investigation involving missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) sent a letter to FBI Director James Comey urging that the FBI take steps to improve DNA testing for law enforcement. The letter asks the bureau to consider Rapid DNA analysis, and to better use private labs to reduce the severe DNA backlog. The letter was co-led by Reps. Mike Honda (CA-17) and Barbara Lee (CA-13).
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today called on the National Football League (NFL) to commit to moving the 2015 Super Bowl out of Arizona should SB 1062 become law. The discriminatory SB 1062 would enable businesses in Arizona to refuse to serve people simply because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT).
LIVERMORE, CA – U.S. Representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) led a letter to President Barack Obama urging strong and sustained funding for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) as he prepares his FY 2015 budget. The NIF is the world's most powerful laser and the preeminent research tool in the world for inertial confinement fusion research. NIF is conducting research key for stockpile stewardship and developing clean, safe, and plentiful fusion energy.