[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              TERM LIMITS

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, this week for the first time in 
history, we will vote to limit the number of terms Members of Congress 
can serve. The new, open, GOP Congress will bring not one, not two, not 
three, but four term limit proposals to the floor for a first-ever vote 
to replace career politicians with citizen legislators and return the 
balance of power back to the people.
  Republicans are committed to term limits but, alone we can not give 
the overwhelming majority of Americans what they want--we need the 
support and votes from our Democratic colleagues. Even if all 230 
Republicans vote for term limits, we would still need 60 Democrats in 
order to pass this constitutional amendment.
  So, today the fate of term limits and the will of the American people 
rest in your hands [pointing towards Democrats]. It is up to you to 
either join our effort to return the people's body to the people and 
pass a term limits amendment--or--to fight for the status quo of 
congressional careerism and the influence of high-powered, Washington 
lobbyists.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to put partisan politics aside and give 
America what 22 States have already demanded: term limits.


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