Eric Swalwell: “I want to thank you for doing that because it is not easy.”

Well, they should understand, my colleagues, that people are scared. They're pissed off. They don't want us to be nice. They want us to use the leverage that we have.

before President Trump reassumed office in January 2025, he routinely threatened to use his power to punish his political opponents

I don’t associate myself with what [Mamdani] has said about the Jewish people.

They have essentially the Trump administration shut down the government.