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September 18, 2018

SAN JOSE, CA – The Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport was selected by the Transportation Security Administration to test new airport perimeter intrusion detection and deterrence technologies, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) and Eric Swalwell (D-Castro Valley) announced today.


September 11, 2018

Seventeen years ago today, I was coming up out of the Metro subway when I realized the world had changed.

I was an intern in Rep. Ellen Tauscher's (D-Calif.) office, and as I arrived at work that day, I found Capitol Hill being evacuated because of the unfolding terrorist attack. Only later would I learn the extent of the losses in New York and at the Pentagon, and of the brave sacrifice made by passengers on Flight 93 who wouldn't let their plane destroy the Capitol.


September 2, 2018

"It's going to be okay. It's going to be okay."

I was a 20-year-old college junior when a seemingly fearless U.S. Sen. John McCain spoke these reassuring words after I'd waited 30 minutes in line to shake his hand. A few months earlier, I'd been on my way to work as a House intern when the World Trade Center fell, the Pentagon burned, and a plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.


August 31, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell, ranking member of the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, participated in the new documentary film "Active Measures" detailing Russia's interference in America's 2016 presidential election and its long-standing ties to President Donald Trump.

Swalwell (CA-15) was interviewed about his role and findings in the House Intelligence Committee's investigation of Russia's interference on behalf of the Trump campaign. The film was released Friday.


August 31, 2018

White House counsel Don McGahn, whose imminent departure was announced by President Trump this week, will likely be called to testify before Congress about his efforts to constrain testimony in the Russia investigation if Democrats capture control of the House in this fall's elections, says a top House Democrat.


August 27, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) - BART has been awarded $6.8 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

This one-time FEMA funding will help with safety and security.

BART is one of a dozen large transit agencies to get a piece of this $88 million pie.


July 26, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) on Thursday introduced a bill to help protect domestic violence victims from being murdered with guns.

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.


July 24, 2018

A Democratic congressman has introduced a bill to make it a criminal offence for the US president, vice president, their families or their companies in which they have at least half-ownership, to receive "anything of value" from a foreign power.

California congressman Eric Swalwell's bill, titled "Prevent Corrupting Foreign Influence Act", is aimed at improving upon the US constitution's emoluments clause that prohibits elected officials from receiving a

"present" of any kind from a foreign state or a representative of a foreign government without consent from congress.


July 24, 2018

Our White House is not for sale, and it's about time that Congress takes a meaningful stand to ensure that. No U.S. president should be enriched by foreign sources—presidents should hold themselves to a higher standard, and if they won't, it's our job to do it for them.


July 23, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) introduced Prevent Corrupting Foreign Influence Act on Monday to significantly improve upon the existing ban on America's highest elected officials receiving financial benefits from foreign powers.

The new bill would make it a criminal offense for the President, the Vice President, their families, or companies in which they have at least half-ownership to accept or receive anything of value from a foreign power or from any company that is more than 50 percent controlled by a foreign power.