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[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Duty to Report Act – legislation to help protect our elections from foreign interference by requiring federal campaign officials to notify law enforcement if offered assistance by agents of another government.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) led 96 House Members in urging rejection of President Donald Trump's proposal to slash funding for transit security that is crucial to protecting American lives.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) led 140 of his House colleagues in opposing President Trump's proposal to gut America's investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), chair of the Intelligence Modernization and Readiness Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement Friday after Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his investigative report to Attorney General William Barr:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) reintroduced the Journalist Protection Act to make a federal crime of certain attacks on those reporting the news. This reintroduction is happening during Sunshine Week, when we recognize the importance of access to information. A free press is critical in helping to shine light on our government and illuminate the challenges facing our country.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), the Chairman of the Intelligence Modernization and Readiness Subcommittee, released the following statements.
Chairman Adam Schiff:
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) has re-introduced a bill to help protect domestic violence victims from being murdered with guns.
H.R. 1287, the No Guns for Abusers Act, would require the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to report to Congress on the best practices that jurisdictions should use to require anyone charged with or convicted of a domestic violence crime, or subject to a domestic violence protective order, to relinquish all their firearms.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) on Wednesday was named chair of the Intelligence Modernization and Readiness Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
The subcommittee was created as part of a complete reorganization of the committee's structure for this 116th Congress, so that subcommittees will be more focused on the Intelligence Community's core missions than specific agencies.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today announced he will bring Cameron Kasky, a student activist and survivor of the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., as his guest to the 2019 State of the Union address on Tuesday, February 5.
Kasky, 18, co-founded the student-led Gun Violence Prevention advocacy group Never Again MSD, and helped organize the March for Our Lives nationwide student protest in March 2018.