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PLEASANTON, CA – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) led a letter of Bay Area Members of Congress to Edward DeMarco, the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), opposing two proposals that could destabilize the greater San Francisco Bay Area's recovering housing market. The FHFA is considering lowering the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan limits across the country, which would reduce available credit and restrict Bay Area homebuyers who are bound by an expensive housing market.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Senior Democrat on the Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy, today criticized the partisan Republican draft bill reauthorizing the America COMPETES Act.
Although the legislation had previously always had bipartisan support, the Republicans have decided to take a piecemeal approach by releasing the EINSTEIN Act, which inadequately funds the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science and risks our leadership in technology and innovation.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today passed an amendment in the Committee on Homeland Security to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take a broader approach in its cybersecurity workforce recruitment. Currently, DHS focuses its cyber recruitment and training strategy on students, recent graduates, and existing DHS employees, but Swalwell's amendment urges DHS to expand its recruitment pool to include other populations including veterans and mid-career professionals.
LIVERMORE, CA – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) released the following statement after Dr. Parney Albright, director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), announced he will be stepping down at the end of October. LLNL, a Department of Energy National Laboratory, is the largest employer in Rep. Swalwell's Congressional District.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) released the following statement after the House voted to reopen the federal government and pay our nation's bills:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) led a statement signed by a total of 16 Members of the bipartisan, freshman United Solutions Caucus in support of the Reid/McConnell plan to end the government shutdown and avoid default. Since the shutdown began, the United Solutions Caucus has met almost every day to engage in bipartisan discussions on possible solutions to the crisis. The statement is below:
LIVERMORE, CA – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) on Sunday held a town hall in Livermore to hear from employees of Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories, Department of Energy (DOE) labs where 7,500 workers will be furloughed starting on Oct. 18 if the government shutdown continues. Rep. Swalwell assured the more than 200 national lab employees in attendance that he will continue to fight to end the reckless shutdown.
Rebecca Dylla-Spears and her husband, Brian Spears, began working at the Lawrence Li
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and nine additional Members of the California Congressional Delegation today sent a bipartisan letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz requesting back pay for furloughed DOE national laboratory employees.
According to Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin), Congress has been "taken hostage" by a handful of Republicans who want President Obama's signature healthcare program, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), defunded before a budget will be passed. The resulting shutdown of the government, he said, is harmful to the US economy and its citizens, and might keep the government from paying its bills on time.