[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 22 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                  TERM LIMITS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of House Joint 
Resolution 66, which is offered by a fellow Georgian, a colleague of 
mine, a Democrat, Nathan Deal. It has bipartisan support, and I think 
it solves the problem that we are having on term limits, which is a 
philosophical debate amongst members of the same philosophical family. 
That is to say, should we pass a 12-year term limit or 6 or 8 years.
  What the resolution offered by Representative Deal does is say we 
will pass a bill, a constitutional amendment, requiring a 12-year term 
limit as the outer parameter, but if States want to continue with their 
own term limits under that amount, they are welcome to.
  For example, the State of Florida right now has a term limit of 8 
years. I believe California has one of 6 years. They can continue 
having that, and yet there will still be an overall limit of 12. This 
will help 19 States that already have term limit laws below 12 years.
  Mr. Speaker, I think this is in line with the Contract With America, 
it has bipartisan support, and I urge its passage.

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