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Eric Swalwell

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Eric Michael Swalwell is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 15th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Swalwell has focused on issues such as gun control, healthcare, and technology policy during his time in office. He gained national attention for his role in the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump and has been an advocate for progressive reforms within the Democratic Party.

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Feb 2, 2023

When I heard that we are going to remove a Member of this House from their committee for anti-Semitism, I raced down here because I thought, finally--finally--in this Chamber there is going to be some accountability, some accountability…

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Jan 31, 2023

I wish we could get a vote on that in the House.

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Jan 31, 2023

Would it help your job or hurt your job if you had 20,000 more Border Patrol agents assisting you on the Texas U.S. border?

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Jan 31, 2023

This is chaos, what I am seeing from my Republican colleagues.

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Jan 31, 2023

I also believe there is bipartisan support to take on China for its role in exporting fentanyl.

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Jan 24, 2023

Throughout this journey of vengeance, the three of us have chosen to stick together, because this isn't about any individual committee assignment. This is about an institution, where the Speaker of the House, is using his power, to go…

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Dec 14, 2022

I thank the Witnesses for coming today. Again, I express my gratitude to Chair Sheila Jackson Lee.

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Dec 14, 2022

Americans are 25 times as likely to die from gun violence as citizens in other countries.

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Dec 14, 2022

If more guns made us safer, we would already be the safest country on the planet.

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Dec 7, 2022

I, and I believe most of my colleagues have denounced any threats of violence that have been made to any judges, to any public officials.

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Dec 7, 2022

We enact the will of the people through voting, not through violence.

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Dec 7, 2022

A Nation whose highest court was secretly and successfully infiltrated for over two decades by activists wining and dining their way to the legal outcomes they want is not the hallmark of a healthy Nation or a healthy democracy.

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Dec 7, 2022

Will Mr. Jordan denounce President Trump's termination of the Constitution?

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Dec 7, 2022

I hope you will be moved to stand up, do your constitutional duty, and do what we must do to keep our Nation healthy and strong, not only in the short term but for the next 250 years.

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Dec 7, 2022

The Constitution, and the American people for that matter, have entrusted this body to make the laws necessary to preserve the national well-being.

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Dec 7, 2022

I will wait to see if the Ranking Member endorses Donald Trump's call to terminate the Constitution.

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Dec 7, 2022

I think it's in the best interests of the country. I think it's in the best interests of the Court where I spent 20 years.

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Dec 7, 2022

Ethics is not a partisan issue. America is losing faith in an institution whose credibility is its currency--and for good reason.

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Dec 7, 2022

Does he stand with Kanye and his hatred of Jews and love for Adolf Hitler, or will he denounce it?

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Dec 7, 2022

The Supreme Court needs a public, binding code of conduct. If the Court does not adopt its own, then Congress should require the Court to develop one.

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Nov 16, 2022

the voters rejected the vile, violent rhetoric of extremism that we've seen from the Republican Party.

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Nov 14, 2022

If the FBI was defunded, would that hurt or help child exploitation investigations?

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Nov 14, 2022

If the FBI was defunded, would that hurt or help terrorism investigations?

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Nov 14, 2022

Do we need more resources or should we reconsider who we allow to come to the United States?

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Nov 14, 2022

That is a rhetoric that the voters rejected, an extreme rhetoric that voters rejected last Tuesday.

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