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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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Aug 30, 2021

He should face the consequences for what he has said, and I think Speaker Pelosi is considering that, and that's what her statement reflects. And this is why Kevin McCarthy cannot be speaker. He is not responsible enough to break from…

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Aug 30, 2021

We have to organize, mobilize and overcome every barrier at the ballot box next November, Joy, because democracy nearly died on January 6th.

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Aug 30, 2021

democracy nearly died on January 6th. I was there and that was the overwhelming feeling that I and others had on the floor.

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Aug 10, 2021

No, Joy, I don`t. And we look at many of our colleagues and believe that had they not been in Congress on January 6, they would have been on the other side of the door right next to Ashli Babbitt. And so I`m not working with them. I`m…

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Aug 10, 2021

That officer's life, sadly, is in danger. He is a hero, Joy. I am alive today and my colleagues are alive because he had to make that fateful decision, one that no officer wants to make but a mob was crashing through the doors into the…

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Aug 10, 2021

The lie that the election was stolen has taken the lives of many police officers and the lie that vaccines do not work also propagated by Tucker Carlson, Kevin McCarthy and, you know, those guys in the Republican Party, it`s killing…

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Aug 10, 2021

I`m working to replace them from Congress. That`s the replacement theory that I`m all in for, is to make sure they don`t come back in 2023.

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Aug 10, 2021

To want to out this person after being cleared is only intended to put that person's life in danger.

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Jul 28, 2021

the heroism of those officers always is a part of the story of America and not erased as some in Congress are trying to do.

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Jul 28, 2021

we're not asking Tucker Carlson to put on the body armor and go in hand-to-hand combat with the insurrectionists as Mike Fonone and Daniel Hodges and Harry Dunn and Sargent Gonell did that day.

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Jul 27, 2021

Millions of Americans are in the quicksand of student loan debt, and we ought to do something about it. Student loan debt is the second highest form of consumer debt impacting one-fifth of U.S. households, to the tune of $1.6 trillion. At…

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Jul 21, 2021

How much does it help when a business reports to you that they have been attacked?

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Jul 21, 2021

Thank you. I thank the Chairwoman for holding this critical hearing as the dashboard is blinking for America's businesses.

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Jul 21, 2021

In many ways, this feels like a pre-September 11 environment for businesses.

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Jul 21, 2021

Speaker Pelosi recognizes that democracy is on life support. And this is very binary, either your pot off the team that is trying to resurrected, we are trying to pull the plug.

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Jul 20, 2021

It will happen again if we do nothing.

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Jul 20, 2021

Democracy is on life support. And this is very binary. Either you are a part of the gang that is trying to resurrect it or you are a part of the gang that is trying to pull the plug.

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Jul 20, 2021

Donald Trump allowed foreign actors, whether it was the Russians or, here, the Emiratis to get too close to our foreign policy.

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Jul 20, 2021

There’s never been a structure that Jim Jordan didn’t want to take a wrecking ball to and this is just too fragile. Look, the way I see it right now, Jonathan, democracy is on life support. And this is very binary. Either you are a part of…

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Jul 20, 2021

This virus is serious. Get vaccinated. Life is precious. And Tucker Carlson is not worth dying for.

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Jul 20, 2021

We must learn from what Donald Trump exposed as far as vulnerabilities in our democracy and not just accept that this can never happen again.

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Jul 14, 2021

We are on life support right now and it`s a fight every day to keep this democracy alive.

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Jul 14, 2021

democracy cannot die like this.

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Jul 14, 2021

I don’t think we can be reminded enough of how dangerous and how precipitous our potential loss of this country was back in January.

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Jul 14, 2021

for the first time ever in our country`s history, we did not have a peaceful transition of power.

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