Press Releases

Washington, DC – In advance of what is expected to be a close vote, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA -15) coordinated the following statement signed by 13 Members of the bipartisan, first-year United Solutions Caucus announcing support for the Ryan/Murray two-year budget agreement:

We the undersigned, as Members of the bipartisan United Solutions Caucus, support the bipartisan budget agreement announced late yesterday by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, and we urge its rapid passage.

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today honored Sergeant 1st Class Jason Manella of Hayward on the House Floor for winning the Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year Award during the Army's Best Warrior Competition. The Army's Best Warrior Competition is a three-day event that tests a soldier's physical and mental toughness. Sergeant Manella is the first ever reservist to win this prestigious Army-wide title.

FREMONT, CA – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today announced the Restarting Local Economies Act of 2013, which would make it easier for communities in California to obtain federal redevelopment funding. In 2011, the state legislature voted and California closed all of the state's roughly 400 redevelopment agencies (RDAs), leaving localities without a source to fund much-needed development. In the Fifteenth Congressional District, the loss was over $50 million.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Jackie Speier (CA-14) today sent a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Raj Shah requesting that the U.S. Air Force administer airdrops of humanitarian supplies and food to the most remote and inaccessible areas of the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. They were joined on the bipartisan letter by 36 Members of Congress.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) sent a bipartisan letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator W. Craig Fugate, urging FEMA to adopt open data standards to enhance social media alerts in disaster situations. In a July Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing led by Rep. Swalwell and Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications Chairman Rep. Susan Brooks on the role of social media in an emergency situation, witnesses noted certain obstacles undermining the dissemination of vital, life-saving information.

November 15, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today voted against the Republicans 46th attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and roll back patient protections, and in support of a plan that will keep the President's promise that if you like your health care you can keep it:

PLEASANTON, CA –

PLEASANTON, CA – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) led a letter of Bay Area Members of Congress to Edward DeMarco, the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), opposing two proposals that could destabilize the greater San Francisco Bay Area's recovering housing market. The FHFA is considering lowering the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan limits across the country, which would reduce available credit and restrict Bay Area homebuyers who are bound by an expensive housing market.