Quotes from Eric Swalwell

As the country gets to know me more, they will see the reason I care so much about Russia is I understand why they thought to help Donald Trump.

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

I support gun safety measures, and I'll tell you, I grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters, and I went hunting with my dad as a kid, and you know, I have deep respect for the Second Amendment and the culture of our country.

California is among several states that already have fought their way out from under partisan gerrymandering by taking line-drawing authority away from the Legislature.

I don't think I voted in 2000.

For me, there's nothing more important than serving my constituents and winning the House.

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

Why do we not have online voting? There's a security system in place already - on our cellphones. We already use biometrics to log into our banking. We use it to log into our health records. Why can't we have online safe and secure voting?

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

Don't confuse evidence with a conclusion.

Holding office often requires swearing an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Running for office should include accepting responsibility for this, too, so that our democratic republic's underpinnings can remain strong for generations to come.

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.

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 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.

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.

We will accept no corporate PAC money, and we're not going to be driven by the polls.

My dad was a cop.

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

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

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

Democrats are fighting to make sure that everyone, no matter your background, has a chance to get ahead.

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

Rule of law is based on probable cause.

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.