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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 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

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 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 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

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

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

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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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

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

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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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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

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

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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Mar 19, 2018

We simply cannot watch this happen time and time again and take no action.

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Mar 19, 2018

We must also explore ways to help States establish extreme risk protection orders in emergency situations when someone presents a danger to themselves or others.

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Mar 18, 2018

There are storms gathering. I think the best outcome for the American people is if a check is put on this presidency this midterm and that he is impeached at the ballot box in 2020.

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Mar 18, 2018

the President can hire 100 lawyers, but there's only one version of the truth. So it's time for him to tell that version, end the games, and just come clean with the American people.

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Mar 18, 2018

He ran on being the police-friendly candidate, and right now just to protect himself, he and his allies keep attacking the cops.

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Mar 18, 2018

Actions speak louder than Sunday morning shows or tweets and all I hear from my Republican colleagues every time the President attacks Mueller... is, you know, good talk.

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Mar 14, 2018

We're talking about the House Intelligence Committee shutting down its probe. Republicans say their work is done. Democrats on the committee say otherwise.

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Mar 14, 2018

Anderson, it looks like that the Mueller team is following Donald Trump's money and with the limited resources we had in our investigation without subpoena power on the Democratic side, when we followed the money, we found that Donald…

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Mar 14, 2018

I hope bob Mueller has his own lines and, you know, follows the evidence, not the President's rules, because, you know, Bob Mueller should be able to proceed, you know, without any threats or intimidation from the White House.

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Mar 14, 2018

Yes, Anderson, our job as a committee was to put out a report that would protect the ballot box and the Republicans instead have chosen to protect the President.

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