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LIVERMORE, CA--Today, the Tri-Valley – San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority (Authority) announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approved entry of the Valley Link Rail Project Phase 1 into Project Development of the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) joined three of his colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution expressing strong support for Finland and Sweden joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA), member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, House Judiciary Committee, and House Homeland Security Committee, introduced a bill to help strengthen U.S. cybersecurity protections in light of increased Russian cyber threats.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) announced the 2022 Congressional Art Competition winners for California District 15. Twenty-six students from 12 schools across the district participated in this year's competition. Melody Serena Zhang, a junior at Fremont Christian School is the first-place winner and will have her painting displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year.

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to improve air travel safety, increase protections for travelers and airline personnel, reduce the number of in-flight violent incidents, and hold unruly passengers accountable if they assault an airline crew member or attendant, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Representatives Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) are introducing new bipartisan legislation that could stiffen penalties against offenders convicted of assaulting flight crew aboard an aircraft and place them on a commercial no-fly list.

Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Homicide Victims' Families Rights Act – a bill that will give more rights to the families of homicide victims in federal cases, passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan bill introduced by Representatives Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) now heads to the U.S. Senate for consideration.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) returned from leading a bipartisan delegation of House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence members and staff to the Ukrainian border.

Over the 5-day trip, the group held consultations at the U.S. Embassy Budapest, met with Ukrainian refugees in the Hungarian town of Zahony, including working a shift at Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen, and visited the U.S. Mission to Finland – the only non-NATO E.U. state which shares a border with Russia.