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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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May 23, 2018

For him this is just a public relations campaign to try to undermine the special counsel's work, but for the country, what we're seeing is that democracy is under assault from two fronts now.

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May 23, 2018

The rule of law and the independence of the Department of Justice Trumps -- any person's interest in a case

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May 23, 2018

I think it is trying to throw their weight around. And yes, I do think it is an effort to try to and bully the Department of Justice.

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May 23, 2018

How many times does the President have to deceive the American people before Speaker Ryan says enough is enough, the rule of law is more important than one President?

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May 17, 2018

I firmly believe that addressing oil consumption, rather than oil production, is critical to ensuring America's energy independence.

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May 8, 2018

There's a number of different events that have now come up with this President that are worthy of investigating from his tax returns to potentially cashing in on the Oval Office with his properties and his family.

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May 8, 2018

He should I think see this as an opportunity to engage Congress and start to put in, you know, some laws that could get rid of dirty money in politics.

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May 8, 2018

It certainly doesn't look like it's illegal, it certainly questionable and then worth, you know, probing to see just exactly what is going on here.

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May 8, 2018

The best thing that the President can do with his lawyer being so closely tied to this oligarch, is to just open up the books, show the American people that there is either nothing there or that there's a lot that we should be concerned…

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May 8, 2018

Every tree in the Trump forest went shaken, has a Russian falling out of it.

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May 7, 2018

I have met with families in my district who have lost a teenager, a high schooler, to opioid addiction.

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May 7, 2018

And so many parents have told me, 'There has to be a way that I can fight for my kid, even though they are 19, 20 years old.'

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May 7, 2018

I fear that, you know, there is an over-prescription, particularly with young people who do not necessarily appreciate the effects.

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May 7, 2018

Thank you and your agents for the work that they do in our communities, putting their lives in harm's way every day.

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May 2, 2018

And so, I don't really give a rip about what happened with Ms. Daniels. What's more important to me are the real questions around his involvement around the Russians, whether, personally, politically or financially.

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May 2, 2018

And of course we want to have oversight on, you know, privacy as it relates to FISA warrants. Of course we want to know that the Department of Justice is not violating anyone right. But we never have done this during an ongoing…

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May 2, 2018

Yes. I do think that the effort here is either is to get information in the hands of the President and his team who are under investigation. Or to just, you know, do all they kind to give Donald Trump the cover to fire Rod Rosenstein.

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May 2, 2018

I think it's appropriate that only the investigators know about the evidence in the case.

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May 2, 2018

And now you see the Republicans in Congress who are essentially acting as Mr. Trump's fixers in Congress by trying to obstruct Mr. Rosenstein's investigation by asking for information about an ongoing investigation.

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May 2, 2018

The memo that they wrote was actually asking the Department of Justice for information that they would ask the White House to sign off on about an ongoing investigation.

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Apr 5, 2018

We see the Republican report as incomplete and inaccurate and we have a duty to continue to interview witnesses.

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Apr 5, 2018

I'm here in Muscatine, Iowa, Anderson, talking to voters. And what they are saying to me is just come clean. Just tell us the truth so we can better protect the ballot box when we vote this November.

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Apr 5, 2018

What does add up, though, are the number of witnesses throughout the course of the campaign who were in communications with the Russians and had a deep, deep interest and focus on trying to get Hillary Clinton's e-mails.

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Apr 5, 2018

No, Anderson. And also it sounds like Roger Stone is asking us to believe that he was lying back in 2016 and he's telling the truth now.

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