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Four members of California's congressional delegation, three from the Bay Area, have written a letter to U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag protesting the continued federal crackdown against suppliers of medical marijuana whose activities have been deemed legal under state law.
Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) has introduced legislation that would use federal funds to replace much of California's Redevelopment Agency development obligations that were declared illegal by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Called the "Restarting Local Economies Act of 2013," Swalwell's bill would make it easier for communities in California to obtain federal redevelopment funding.
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Air Force should air drop humanitarian supplies and food to the most remote and inaccessible areas of the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, several lawmakers wrote to the US defense secretary and the USAID head.
U.S. Representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Jackie Speier (CA-14) wrote to Department of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator Raj Shah, requesting the airdrops. The bipartisan letter was signed by 36 members of Congress.
Filipinos currently in the United States should be allowed to remain temporarily after their visas expire due to Typhoon Haiyan's devastation of the Philippines, say members of Congress from both sides of the aisle.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, led 28 other members in calling upon the Obama Administration to grant visiting Filipinos "temporary protected status" given the extraordinary circumstances.
A House panel has approved by a voice vote a bill aimed at strengthening the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity workforce.
During a markup session on Oct. 29, the House Homeland Security Committee amended the Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-the-Ground Act to encourage DHS to boost the pool of IT security job candidates by creating a tuition-for-work fellowship as well as a program to identify military veterans and unemployed computer specialists for potential IT security
A House panel has approved by a voice vote a bill aimed at strengthening the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity workforce.
During a markup session on Oct. 29, the House Homeland Security Committee amended the Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-the-Ground Act to encourage DHS to boost the pool of IT security job candidates by creating a tuition-for-work fellowship as well as a program to identify military veterans and unemployed computer specialists for potential IT security
FREMONT, CA – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today announced the Restarting Local Economies Act of 2013, which would make it easier for communities in California to obtain federal redevelopment funding. In 2011, the state legislature voted and California closed all of the state's roughly 400 redevelopment agencies (RDAs), leaving localities without a source to fund much-needed development. In the Fifteenth Congressional District, the loss was over $50 million.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Jackie Speier (CA-14) today sent a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Raj Shah requesting that the U.S. Air Force administer airdrops of humanitarian supplies and food to the most remote and inaccessible areas of the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. They were joined on the bipartisan letter by 36 Members of Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) sent a bipartisan letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator W. Craig Fugate, urging FEMA to adopt open data standards to enhance social media alerts in disaster situations. In a July Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing led by Rep. Swalwell and Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications Chairman Rep. Susan Brooks on the role of social media in an emergency situation, witnesses noted certain obstacles undermining the dissemination of vital, life-saving information.
November 15, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today voted against the Republicans 46th attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and roll back patient protections, and in support of a plan that will keep the President's promise that if you like your health care you can keep it: