Political Quotes

Eric Swalwell

The Public Record

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.

Quotes by year · 201320251,717 total · peak 2019 (218)
2013: 173 quotes2014: 102 quotes2015: 107 quotes2016: 35 quotes2017: 148 quotes2018: 107 quotes2019: 218 quotes2020: 69 quotes2021: 176 quotes2022: 176 quotes2023: 206 quotes2024: 168 quotes2025: 32 quotes
Nov 14, 2022

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

congress.gov
Nov 14, 2022

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

congress.gov
Nov 14, 2022

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

congress.gov
Sep 28, 2022

AFA supports Senator Reed and Representative Swalwell's bill, the Protection from Abusive Passengers Act.

congress.gov
Sep 16, 2022

But it takes responsible Republicans to unify and speak out against that. Otherwise, every day MAGA Americans will see it as a permissive lane, a green light, if you will to commit violence.

msnbc.com
Sep 16, 2022

No, no, Chris, if he has top secret documents, certainly on the other side of his possession of that, we would want to know what foreign nationals has he been in contact with, what foreign nationals around Mar-a-Lago has he been in contact…

msnbc.com
Sep 16, 2022

No, no, Chris. And that`s why this ruling has extraordinary consequences on the investigation. And that`s why I hope the DOJ appeals it as quickly as possible so they can continue their investigation.

msnbc.com
Sep 16, 2022

I see this as a party, a MAGA party that no longer is confident that they can win elections with votes. And so, now, they`re seeking to enact their political will through violence they prefer and they`re more comfortable with violence over…

msnbc.com
Aug 26, 2022

If we lose our ability to do that because Donald Trump is holding on to this information, is not even if he has to compromise any information.

msnbc.com
Aug 26, 2022

One side, the Democrats is advocating for people, the people who are affected by Donald Trump`s recklessness.

msnbc.com
Aug 26, 2022

Their entire agenda is that they`re going to bring chaos to Washington because they`re going to focus entirely on fighting for Donald Trump.

msnbc.com
Aug 26, 2022

Why did he take them? Unclear. But we know the same guy traded military aid to get dirt on Biden.

msnbc.com
Aug 26, 2022

Real lives are at risk. I`m talking U.S. troops, most importantly, because in the affidavit they referred to national defense information.

msnbc.com
Aug 25, 2022

Yes, it means that we should always assume the worst with this guy.

msnbc.com
Aug 25, 2022

The guy clearly loves foreign nationals. He`s been hosting a golf tournament with foreign nationals. So there`s so much exposure and vulnerability here around these secrets.

msnbc.com
Aug 25, 2022

The guy clearly loves foreign nationals. He’s been hosting a golf tournament with foreign nationals. So there’s so much exposure and vulnerability here around these secrets.

msnbc.com
Aug 25, 2022

It shows that he was trying to deceive them.

msnbc.com
Aug 23, 2022

We have every reason to be worried, Lawrence, that we would not see a peaceful transition of power on January 20th. Those 14 days were terrifying.

msnbc.com
Aug 23, 2022

He deserves no benefit of the doubt that he wouldn’t try and do this again.

msnbc.com
Aug 23, 2022

The National Archives showed remarkable patience for an individual who is not worthy of patience.

msnbc.com
Aug 22, 2022

Merrick Garland Chris is not going to be threatened. That’s clearly the case here. This is a position it’s also clear he does not want to be in. But you know, the days of Donald Trump, you know, throwing his weight around or threatening…

msnbc.com
Aug 22, 2022

No, I’m very concerned that my Republican colleagues have showed themselves that if they’re given classified information, they will use it to protect -- they’ll manipulate what it is or they’ll pervert the information to protect Donald…

msnbc.com
Aug 22, 2022

We do need a full accounting of one, most importantly, what documents did Donald Trump have that were top secret compartmentalized.

msnbc.com
Aug 22, 2022

The reason that they`re marked top secret means that it often relates to force protection for our troops.

msnbc.com
Aug 12, 2022

And he was checkmated yesterday by Attorney General Garland, who called his bluff and put Donald Trump in the position of having to agree to have the search warrant in the inventory released.

msnbc.com

Politicians like Eric Swalwell