Top 35 Eric Swalwell Quotes

One of my goals here in Congress, being the youngest member of the California delegation, is to really try and get the institution to upgrade the way it communicates with its constituents.

I have great faith that most Americans are law-abiding and care about the rule of law, and if they’re told a weapon is no longer allowed in their community and they would be compensated, they would find a way to do the right thing.

I think the best term limit is to have public financing of campaigns and independent redistricting.

All the arrows continue to point to a personal, political, and financial relationship that Donald Trump had with the Russians.

If you‘re sick, you should be able to see a doctor. And if you’re seen, you should be able to afford the bill and your medicine without going broke. There is absolutely nothing radical about this.

Reinstating the federal assault weapons ban that was in effect from 1994 to 2004 would prohibit manufacture and sales, but it would not affect weapons already possessed. This would leave millions of assault weapons in our communities for decades to come.

The NRA – they are a paper tiger.

The power of incumbency cannot be underestimated.

Americans are at our best when we build bridges between us, not walls around us.

Our country needs help, and I think the best way to help the country is to bring new energy, new ideas, and new leaders to solve the problems.

That issue of student debt and college affordability is probably what I would say reinforced that I was a Democrat.

Being the first in my family to go to college, I believe, is my greatest accomplishment. It’s not my accomplishment; it’s my family’s accomplishment.

Your health shouldn’t rely on pleas for kindness from strangers. We can and will do better.

Our military shouldn’t be outgunned.

When people of color and their allies say today that Black Lives Matter, the nation must hear and see it through the lens of all that has come before and understand that they speak truth.

My back‘s not big enough for the number of targets on it.

I love country music. Like, I really, really, really love country music.

If we can put a probe on Mars or put online orders on your doorstep within hours, surely we can harness our unparalleled innovative spirit to prolong and better our lives while creating thousands of new jobs in the life sciences.

When I was a prosecutor, I got to shoot at the range so I could explain to juries how the firearm worked. You know, to prove intent or to prove that the person didn’t accidentally discharge the firearm, I would have to learn everything about the firearm.

We believe that every child has a right to learn without fear, that every parent has a right to hug their beautiful little babies when they come home from school, and that all of us, we have a right to dance at a concert, laugh at the theater, pray at a synagogue, at a church, and at a mosque.

The first half of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, even in redacted form, leaves no room for debate: This president and his campaign eagerly exploited help from Russian agents, despite being aware that Russia was sabotaging our election.

I’ve worked since taking a newspaper route at age 9 and served as a prosecutor, a planning commissioner, a city councilman, and a congressman to pay back some of what my community and nation gave me.

The differences between Rand Paul and millennials are vast – not just on economics, but on social issues that matter to young people, too.

I played soccer in college, at this little school in North Carolina called Campbell. It was the only place in the world where they would offer to pay for everything.

Only the mob takes the Fifth.

I support an assault weapons ban, and I’ll tell you why. We already have one in California, so I don’t support doing anything above what we do in California.

It is clear that Michael Cohen was not truthful with the House Intelligence Committee, which is all the more reason that we never should have ended our investigation.

For years, America has helped protect against terrorist attacks by telling Americans, ‘If you see something, say something.’ The same should go for protecting our elections against foreign interference.

Rule of law is based on probable cause.

If you say you’re going to do something, you better damn well do it.

If people are interested in changing the direction of the country, Iowa is the battleground.

I don’t think I voted in 2000.

When athletes take a knee during the National Anthem, we must ignore President Trump‘s absurd claim that they’re ‘un-American‘ and instead understand that it’s very American to peacefully protest systemic injustice.

Don’t confuse evidence with a conclusion.

The best piece of advice I’ve received is find a mentor, but also mentor others. You have two hands, so reach up, look for as many mentors as you can to get where you want to go, but never forget that you have another hand, and you have to reach down and lift others up, too.