Editing Al Swift (section)

=== Congress ===
He was first elected to the House in 1978, replacing the retiring [[Lloyd Meeds]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barone |first1=Michael |author-link1=Michael Barone (pundit) |last2=Ujifusa |first2=Grant |title=[[The Almanac of American Politics|The Almanac of American Politics 1988]] |work=[[National Journal]] |year=1987 |page=1253}}</ref> for whom Swift had served as an administrative assistant from 1965 to 1969 and from 1977 to 1978. Swift won re-election in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, and 1992. Swift served on the powerful [[Energy and Commerce Committee]], of which he was the 5th ranking member during his final term and chair of the subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. He also chaired the [[United States House Administration Subcommittee on Elections|Subcommittee on Elections]] of the [[House Administration Committee]]. Among his accomplishments was authorship of [[Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act]], which was designed to support emergency planning regarding [[Superfund]] sites. Swift also authored and led the passage of the [[National Voter Registration Act of 1993]], otherwise known as motor-voter, which expanded voter registration options nationwide including drivers license offices and mail-in registration. He retired and did not run for re-election in 1994, an election in which the Democrats lost this seat.