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Over the past year, I've spent hours listening to witnesses talk about the events of the 2016 campaign. The House Intelligence Committee, on which I sit, has been investigating Russian interference in the election. Multiple members of Donald Trump's campaign, businesses, and family, I've learned, were contacted by individuals linked to the Russian government—but none of them, so far as we know, reported these contacts to law-enforcement agencies.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, on Thursday introduced the Duty to Report Act to help protect our elections from foreign interference.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today introduced H.R. 5962, the STEM K to Career Act to create a ladder to success for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) students and professionals across the country.
The legislation would offer federal student loan relief to STEM teachers, provide tax credits to certain employers that provide internships or apprenticeships in the STEM field, and amend the federal Work Study program to offer more STEM opportunities.
Gary Jackson never stood a chance.
Gary was 28 and working as a security guard at a taco truck in Oakland, Calif., in 2009 when he saw Dreshawn Lee carrying a sawed-off shotgun and reported it to police. Three months later, Lee took his revenge by shooting and killing Jackson with an AK-47-style semiautomatic assault rifle.
I was the prosecutor who persuaded a jury to convict Lee and persuaded a judge to put him away for 65 years to life. But Gary's autopsy report still haunts me.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement Friday:
"The Trump-Russia report released by the House Intelligence Committee's Republican majority is an incomplete, inaccurate report of what the Russians did and who they worked with, solely intended to cover up evidence damaging to President Donald Trump.
DUBLIN – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) announced the winners of his 6th annual Congressional Art Competition at a reception Saturday at the Dublin Civic Center.
High school students from throughout the Congressman's East Bay district submitted 60 paintings, drawings, collages, photographs and other works of art, which were judged by a panel of distinguished 15th Congressional District artists and business owners.
CASTRO VALLEY, CA – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) will host the 15th Congressional District's first town hall meeting of 2018 on Saturday, April 21 in San Lorenzo.
The Congressman will provide a brief update on what's happening in Washington, D.C. in the first months of this year – including President Trump's missile strike on Syria and the ongoing investigation of Russia's interference in our election – and then will answer constituents' questions. All 15th District residents are welcome.
WHAT: 15th Congressional District Town Hall
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) led 109 of his House colleagues in opposing President Trump's proposal to cut America's investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy by two thirds.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) led 20 of their House colleagues in opposing the Trump Administration's proposed Fiscal Year 2019 cut in funding for the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which helps America stay the global forefront of energy research while helping to maintain its nuclear stockpile.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today led 88 House Members in urging rejection of President Donald Trump's proposal to slash funding for transit security that is crucial to protecting American lives.
The Trump Administration proposes cutting funding for the Department of Homeland Security's Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) by almost two thirds, from $100 million to only $36.4 million in the Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations bill.