Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) participated in the first House hearing on the Boston bombings, held by the Committee on Homeland Security, to begin answering questions prompted by the attack, evaluate our emergency response efforts and learn how we can better prepare for a similar attack. Witnesses at the hearing were former Senator Joe Lieberman, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Undersecretary Kurt Schwartz and former Department of Homeland Security official Erroll Southers.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today spoke on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 1406, the so-called Working Families Flexibility Act, which in reality undermines American workers and harms the middle class. This bill severely weakens the right of wage workers to overtime pay. That pay would instead go into an employer-controlled pot to be paid out at the end of the year or used as comp time by the employee. This would shift power to employers who could then deny overtime assignments to workers who insist on overtime pay.

PLEASANTON, CA – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) coordinated a letter signed by 39 other Members of Congress calling for sufficient funding for transportation security purposes. The Members specifically requested that the Appropriations Committee allow for robust funding for FEMA's Transit Security Grant Program (TGSP).

"Leaders from the technology industry, homeland security and our military have unequivocally stated that the United States is dangerously at risk of suffering a 'Cyber-Pearl Harbor.' We have a responsibility to protect our country against cyber threats and we have critical weaknesses to address.