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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 4, 2020

I feel strongly that we must address these problems in that legislation without delay.

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Dec 11, 2019

How many times did this anti-corruption President meet with the most corrupt leader in the world, Vladimir Putin? How many times did he talk to him? Sixteen times between meetings and phone conversations. And how many conditions did the…

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Dec 11, 2019

And, Ranking Member Collins, you can deny this as much as you want -- people died in Ukraine at the hands of Russia. And Ukraine, since September 2018, when it was voted on by Congress, was counting on our support. One year passed and…

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Dec 10, 2019

This is no longer about what the President did. We know what he did. He admitted it.

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Dec 10, 2019

Donald Trump fired an anti-corruption ambassador who stood in his way.

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Dec 10, 2019

Donald Trump directed Rudy Giuliani to smear his political rival.

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Dec 10, 2019

Donald Trump withheld $391 million in aid that was essential to Ukraine.

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Dec 10, 2019

Donald Trump abused his power by putting his pure personal gain over our country.

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Dec 10, 2019

We have a Department of Justice who will continue to protect him, but, fortunately, the American people have a Congress who can say that he is not above the law.

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Dec 10, 2019

The President doesn't just have bad reviews, he has really bad prior conduct. Serious priors. He is a repeat offender, crimes against our Constitution.

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Dec 10, 2019

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. If we allow the President of the United States to again abuse his office for his own personal gain, it is shame on all of us.

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Dec 10, 2019

We have to take action, we have to move forward, and we must impeach the President.

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Dec 10, 2019

He is the first President to engage in wall-to-wall stonewalling.

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Dec 10, 2019

We must act with a sense of urgency to protect our democracy and defend our Constitution.

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Dec 10, 2019

He is a clear and present danger to do it again.

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Dec 10, 2019

This selfish, selfish President withheld the aid for his own personal gain.

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Dec 10, 2019

People died in Ukraine at the hands of Russia.

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Dec 10, 2019

In President Trump's abuse of power, he did it in two ways. Number one, he endangered our free elections by inviting foreign powers to interfere to influence our elections twice.

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Dec 10, 2019

Abuse of power is the preeminent crime, which the Framers, even in the Federalist Papers, talked about as high crimes and misdemeanors for the purpose of impeachment.

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Dec 10, 2019

What is relevant is, that there are ample facts to demonstrate that President Trump put his personal interests above the interests of the country, its citizens, and the Constitution.

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Dec 10, 2019

Impeachment was put into the Constitution because the Framers recognized that a President might arise who posed such a threat to the country, to our democratic system, to our free elections, that we couldn't wait until the next election to…

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Dec 10, 2019

The urgency of this moment is the grave risk that the President will, again, abuse his power of the presidency to try and secure his re-election.

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