Eric Swalwell

Your proposals to have reforms with more teeth are quite popular across the country. I don't know if you knew this, but it has strong support across a cross-section of the electorate. For example, majorities of Democratic voters, 72…

We are here for another Future Forum discussion, and tonight our topic is restoring our democracy, campaign finance, and voting rights. Americans agree, our voting system and our political system is broken, and the integrity of our…

I thank Delegate Plaskett. That was so eloquently said. On Twitter right now under the #futureforum, people are speaking about their democracy and their right to access the polls. Anna Little- Sana tweeted: Election day should be a Federal…

That is right. Both sides from my experience acknowledge this problem, but only the majority has the ability to bring this up for a vote on these reforms. I always have the sense that we can all smell the burning and the smoke in this…

You wrote a New York Times op-ed on this that was very frank, very passionate, and I think, for a lot of people, very disturbing to hear how much time Members of Congress have to spend fundraising. I just want to ask you as you start your…

I will never forget at one of our townhalls when we were in the Boston area. The students were listing their concerns from climate change and the inaction they have seen there, to student loan debt and how it has them in financial…

I thank the gentlewoman from Maryland for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, on every block in every community across America, people are asking what is the Federal Government doing to keep our community safe from gun violence. They are asking…

I want to again thank my colleague from the Baltimore area in Maryland. I want to ask Congressman Kilmer. The Future Forum went to Seattle. We visited college campuses in the Tacoma and Seattle area. We went to a couple of the big…

Regulation and the threat of new regulation continue to be a major issue of concern for our members.

I too am quite frustrated that it seems that individuals are able to attack networks and individuals with relative little punishment.

Thank you, Congressman Lieu. It has been exciting going to the nine cities across America and talking to young people and learning their thoughts. As the Future Forum, our goal has been first to listen, and then to engage with millennials…

I am glad that you mentioned, Congressman Lieu, the work that is being done in and among our Armed Forces. Congressman Gallego, you served in Iraq, and you are a member of the Committee on Armed Services right now. I strongly believe that…

If oil companies believe in climate change, you can, too. I think that is the message here today. In Paris, over the past few weeks, over a hundred countries, thousands of world leaders, gathered to declare what over 98 percent of the…

First, let me express my thanks to Mr. LoBiondo, my colleague on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the chairman of its CIA Subcommittee. I serve as the subcommittee's ranking member. I appreciate the bipartisan way that…

Again, I want to thank the gentleman from New Jersey for working in a bipartisan way to address one of the greatest threats that the United States, our allies, and people in the Middle East face today, and that is ISIS. ISIS is a brutal…

Now, Congressman Lieu, talking about this statistic, in the Los Angeles area, there is a lot that young people are doing with startups, especially in clean energy. I had the opportunity to visit an incubator hub, thousands of square feet…

Congressman Gallego, I am curious. You look at this poster board, and we see that 73 percent of people aged 18 to 29 believe that the Earth is warming. Clearly, 73 percent of people in that age range are not Democrats. They are not…

Thank you, Congressman Lieu. Something that is quite interesting to me is that for millennials, when polled or asked about climate change, it is not a partisan issue. In this House, it feels quite like a partisan issue. My question for…

Thank you, Congressman Gallego, for participating today. Thank you, Congressman Lieu, for your service to our country and for standing up for Americans now in this new world and understanding that this is a national security issue as well…

Bringing us back to what millennials believe on this issue. Some of you have participated in our Future Forum dialogue. On January 14, Congressman Lieu will be in the Los Angeles area hosting a Future Forum dialogue on climate change…

That is right, Mr. Boyle. Mr. Gallego has seen this with me. He came out to my congressional district and spoke with millennials in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are aspirational. We are optimistic. We are collaborative. In fact, we came…

Congressman Lieu, an interesting fact about that number. NASA projects that by 2050, between $66 billion and $106 billion worth of existing coastal property will likely be below sea level nationwide, with $238 billion to $507 billion worth…

Congressman Gallego, you come from one of the hottest spots in the United States. Congressman Boyle, you also alluded to November being the hottest month on record. It seems like every month we learn that the month before was the hottest…

I thank my colleague from Texas for his service in the intelligence community, and I appreciate the bipartisan nature of this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Ms. Sewell).

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 3, nays 399, answered ``present'' 2, not voting 29, as follows: [Roll No. 676] YEAS--3 Cleaver DeFazio…