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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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Apr 27, 2022

I think that Dmitri Alperovitch, a thought leader in cyber security and other domains, said it very aptly.

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Apr 26, 2022

You know, border politics are pretty easy, right. You can pander to grievances, scare Americans, demonize men and women who left everything behind, carrying nothing, going to a place they don't know.

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Apr 26, 2022

Imagine how much safer America would be today if Kevin McCarthy`s tryst with the truth had lasted longer than a couple of days. But he`s gotten back together with the election lies, and he`s become exactly the person he described he didn`t…

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Apr 26, 2022

He had a test. He started to go the right way. He started to give the right answer. And he has utterly shown us that he would fail a future test.

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Apr 26, 2022

It would also account for other situations like here, where Mr. Paoletta was responsible for responding to the public in Congressional inquiries about his own involvement in illegally holding up aid to Ukraine.

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Apr 26, 2022

In the most serious cases, the standard might hinge on what someone knew or their State of mind.

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Apr 21, 2022

Kevin McCarthy was right. Donald Trump should have resigned. But then Kevin McCarthy went on to vote against impeachment.

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Mar 30, 2022

I hope so, because this guy operates like a mob boss. And he knows what to say, what not to say, and on what type of forums to say it.

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Mar 30, 2022

That’s right. And I would feel much more comfortable if it wasn’t a 50/50 Senate, where Senator Sinema and Manchin would both vote to reform the filibuster, and then vote to put in place -- put back in place the Voting Rights Act.

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Mar 28, 2022

I thank the gentlewoman for her continued leadership in this area and the gentleman from Oregon for his support. Mr. Speaker, this legislation plainly says and will plainly make so that the sun will never set on justice for victims of…

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Mar 28, 2022

Europe has seen the largest invasion since World War II. Millions of refugees are on the run.

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Mar 28, 2022

I am sorry that, despite the serious job you have and the serious background that you bring, that you have been treated to unserious questioning by some of my colleagues.

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Mar 28, 2022

We have a very capable adversary in Russia with capable cyber and nuclear abilities.

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Mar 15, 2022

We should give them the jets. We should give them the tools to effectively enforce their own no-fly zone.

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Mar 15, 2022

Now, the question is, will we meet the moment as a leader, a global leader to help Ukraine fight Vladimir Putin, to defeat what he’s doing in Ukraine and stand up for democracy?

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Mar 15, 2022

President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine have met the moment for their country.

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Feb 21, 2022

You purposely had this common goal of keeping us from doing our jobs. That is a civil rights violation down the middle.

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Feb 9, 2022

When you look at some of the other materials, unclassified, like the embarrassing sharpie poster board, of course, he was doing it to protect his own self interest, to protect history from judging him, for the clownish later that he was.

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Feb 9, 2022

They have a duty to investigate this as a potential criminal matter.

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Feb 9, 2022

Donald Trump has, allegedly, has done what he accused Hillary Clinton of accidentally doing.

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Feb 9, 2022

There is a pattern of mishandling of classified information.

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Feb 9, 2022

If we can brand ourselves that Democrats deliver rescue plan, restaurant grants, getting the vaccine out there, getting kids back in schools, people back in churches, infrastructure dollars out there, African-American women on the Supreme…

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Feb 9, 2022

The Department of Justice has to make sure that there is accountability for this going forward.

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Feb 4, 2022

Well, Jonathan, look, if your neighbor came over and stepped on your porch holding a knife, a gun, a machete and said that he wanted to talk, I don’t think you would call the police and say, you know what, we’re going to settle this. It’s…

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Feb 4, 2022

He would really do a service to his country if he just come forward and tell us what he saw under oath so that we can have a complete picture of what happened that day.

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