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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today served as top Democrat at a Homeland Security Committee hearing on how the government can harness the power of social media and new technologies in disaster relief and recovery.
The U.S. Marine Corps Band will be able to play at the Scottish Games in Pleasanton this year, thanks to freshman Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin).
Swalwell successfully pushed through his amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment fixes a bureaucratic snag that blocked military bands from playing at community events. Now it is permissable if the organization funds the band's expenses.
The Scottish Highland Gathering & Games draw roughly 35,000 people and are held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Swalwell's district on Labor Day weekend.
Congressman Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin, will work with colleagues on Asiana Flight 214 investigation.
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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Steve Pearce (NM-2) introduced a resolution to allow Members more time connecting with the American people and less time being influenced by lobbyists in Washington, DC. H. Res. 287, the Members Operating to Be Innovative and Link Everyone (MOBILE) Resolution, would enable Members to participate in committee hearings and vote on non-controversial suspension bills remotely.
A freshman House Democrat filed a resolution Friday that would allow members of Congress to vote remotely on bills from their home districts. [watch video]
Rep. Eric Swalwell's (D-Calif.) proposal for a mobile Congress would amend House rules so lawmakers can take care of business using the latest communication technologies, including video conferencing.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Cynthia Lummis (WY-AL) and Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Science, Space, and Technology Energy Subcommittee sent a bipartisan invitation to Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to visit their respective congressional districts. The visit will include seeing first-hand the cutting-edge energy research in both locations, as well as the energy development resulting from that research.
PLEASANTON — A beloved Tri-Valley tradition involving a popular Marine Corps band will continue next year, thanks to legislative handiwork by a rookie congressman.
The Scottish Highland Gathering & Games, held each year at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, was in danger of going without the Marine band's annual performance this year and next because of sequestration, a series of automatic federal spending cuts totaling tens of billions of dollars.
WASHINGTON, DC – After the Senate's passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) released the following statement calling on House leadership to promptly bring up a comprehensive immigration reform bill for a vote:
"Today the Senate brought comprehensive immigration reform one step closer to reality. Our immigration system is broken and overdue for reform. It keeps families apart. It forces hard-working people in the shadows. It encourages talented people to leave our country. We can do better. We must do better.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15), who signed onto an Amicus Brief in the Windsor case, released the following statement on the Supreme Court's rulings today that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional and effectively returned marriage equality to California.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Senior Democrat on the Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy, released the following statement after President Obama's announcement of a climate plan to reduce carbon emissions today: