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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) and Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15) led over 50 members of the House and Senate in a letter to Congressional leadership emphasizing the importance of including meaningful paid leave in the next recovery and jobs plan.
The letter, which was released to coincide with Father's Day, focused on the need to ensure that universal paid leave is available to parents and caregivers of all genders.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) announced that Yardena Wolf will serve as Chief of Staff, effective July 2021, following the departure of Michael Reed, who left the office to become Senior Advisor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Additionally, Mallory De Lauro will serve as District Chief of Staff. She was previously the Congressman's District Director.
WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Eric Swalwell issued the following statement regarding the New York Times report that the Trump Department of Justice targeted Members of the House Intelligence Committee and others associated with them:
CASTRO VALLEY, CA – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) will host a "Hike With Your Rep" event for 15th Congressional District residents on Saturday, June 19.
"Our last pre-pandemic town hall meeting, back in January 2020, seems like a million years ago – we've all been through a lot since then. But as we re-emerge from COVID restrictions, I'm eager to see my constituents in person again," Swalwell said. "I'll give a quick talk at the start, chat with as many of you as I can while we walk, and we'll stop about halfway through for a group question-and-answer session."
CASTRO VALLEY, CA— Today, Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) announced that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has included $20 million he requested for the Valley Link project, connecting Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to the Altamont Corridor Express commuter train, in its Fiscal Year 2021 transportation spending bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) led 24 Members of Congress in writing to Dr. Fang Liu, Secretary-General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), to request the immediate appointment of a task force to investigate and publicly report on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's unprecedented use of a military aircraft to intercept and force down a commercial flight.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-15) announced Anica Xie, a sophomore at Amador Valley High School, as the winner of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition for the 15th District.
Anica's artwork, entitled "Black Lives Matter," will be sent to Washington, D.C. and displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year. The second and third place pieces will be displayed in the Congressman's Castro Valley office.
Angel Turner still hopes to find justice in the 1997 slaying of her sister, Georgia Leah Moses. Moses—who would've turned 36 this year—was last seen alive at age 12, not far from her Santa Rosa, Calif. home; her strangled, decomposed body was found about a week later in a grove of trees off Highway 101 near Petaluma. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office released a sketch of a man Moses was believed to be last seen with, but he was never identified and police never named a person of interest in the case.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) today reintroduced the bipartisan Homicide Victims' Families Rights Act, to give more rights to the families of homicide victims in federal cases.
Swalwell and McCaul are both former prosecutors: Swalwell, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, was an Alameda County (Calif.) deputy district attorney, while McCaul was a federal prosecutor and a Texas deputy attorney general.