[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3818]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         TERM LIMITS AMENDMENT

  (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, our Founding Fathers while drafting the 
Constitution provided a simple but decisive and important process for 
the American people to properly amend the Constitution. Through the 
years, our country has adopted important amendments to improve the 
public's role; such as the right to vote. Now, it is time to continue 
the process with term limits.
  Over 75 percent of the American public believe they deserve the right 
to personally vote on term limits.
  Anyone who sits in this Congress who disagrees with giving the 
citizens of this country a chance to vote on this very popular and 
important issue, in my opinion, shows no confidence in the people which 
elected them.
  I strongly believe that if any elected official cannot put aside 
their own self-interests for the good of the American people, then 
maybe they have been inside the beltway too long.

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