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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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Jul 14, 2021

I trust Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, you know, Mitt Romney. There`s a few others in the Senate. But no, mostly no.

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Jul 6, 2021

Little has been more maddening post-January 6th than to hear police leadership declare that they didn`t have intelligence justifying a tighter security posture.

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Jul 6, 2021

Donald Trump incited and inflamed and invited this mob here, and I`m convinced if Donald Trump did not do that, these folks otherwise never would have come.

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Jul 6, 2021

That when it`s all said and done, there will never have been more criminal indictments from a single incident.

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Jun 30, 2021

``Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.'' Madam Speaker, we are blessed today that joining us are some of the heroes from the Metropolitan Police Department and Capitol Police, who defended this Capitol…

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Jun 29, 2021

They showed their true colors and they weren’t blue.

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Jun 29, 2021

If a Member of Congress commits a crime or if there's probable cause for a search warrant, he or she should have their records subpoenaed or their property searched and seized.

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Jun 29, 2021

We've seen at the Trump rallies the attacks on the media.

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Jun 29, 2021

it's clear that we had a President and a Department that rewarded the President's friends, reducing the sentences or issuing pardons for Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, and then punished and weaponized the Department to go after…

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Jun 29, 2021

It was wrong that the Obama Administration allowed that.

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Jun 29, 2021

Do you fear that if you have a President who detests accountability... that could have the effect... of governors and mayors seeing it as a permission slip to weaponize local law enforcement?

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Jun 29, 2021

I certainly think they would be responsible members of the commission and maybe Kevin McCarthy should consider that.

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Jun 29, 2021

When the rubber meets the road, to honor Donald Trump, they have chosen to dishonor the police.

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Jun 29, 2021

This is a party now that Kevin McCarthy leads that is pro- slavery. A majority of their members voted to keep the Confederate monuments at the Capitol. Instead of siding with the police, they’re rolling with the cop killers.

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Jun 29, 2021

I have faith that Merrick Garland is going to get to the bottom of this.

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Jun 28, 2021

We face a range of natural hazards and we found that climate change is exasperating many of these disasters and the effects.

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Jun 28, 2021

Thank you to FEMA for standing up its Oakland Coliseum vaccination site where thousands of Bay Area residents were vaccinated.

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Jun 22, 2021

Will you undergo a new report or a new study to generate a new report?

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Jun 22, 2021

What can we do as Members of Congress to help the Coast Guard recruit the best and brightest, particularly those that come from disadvantaged backgrounds or minority communities?

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Jun 15, 2021

To honor Donald Trump, you now have to dishonor the police. That’s the only explanation I have for it.

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Jun 15, 2021

They would have killed my colleagues.

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Jun 15, 2021

So now we have a Republican Party, you know, today by the way over double digits voted against recognizing Juneteenth. So it’s a pro-slavery, anti-police party that is rolling with the cop killers right now.

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Jun 14, 2021

No chance, Ali. You`re absolutely right. And Barr in that exchange looked like my 4-year-old last night when I asked him if he had eaten a cookie and he had crumbs all over his mouth. He looked guilty in that response, and now we need to…

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Jun 14, 2021

if he comes back as president or if one of his wannabe cronies gets into office, we have to make sure that we have rules and regulations that never let anyone get this close, as close as he did, again.

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