[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3817]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              TERM LIMITS

  (Mr. PETERSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PETERSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I agree with the last speaker. 
We should pass term limits. This week we will debate term limits all 
week long.
  This is a subject whose time has come. There are several proposals 
out there. One of them is mine and I am not a latecomer to term limits. 
I supported term limits in 1989, the first time I campaigned for 
office, and I have stood fast on that ever since. On January 11 of this 
year I dropped a bill on term limits, restricting to 12 years, but 
different from everybody else's. I said it should apply to me and every 
other Member of this House.
  That is the argument we are going to have this year, and this week we 
are going to be asked to stand up and be counted. America says term 
limits applies to us. If they are angry at Congress, can it not be that 
they are angry at us?


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