[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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           TERM LIMITS: BOUND BY THE VOICE OF MY CONSTITUENTS

  (Mr. GEKAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, a few years ago when the great debate began 
back in our constituencies about the possibility of term limitations, I 
debated that very same subject with various groups in our district. I 
took the position then, which I felt was justified, that term limits 
were a province of the voters, who every 2 years could exert their 
judgment and determine whether or not the term of that particular 
officeholder should be ended.
  Well, the debate went on and on and finally I decided to resolve the 
question by having an item in my annual questionnaire as to how our 
people felt about term limitations. By a count of 70 or more in that 
grandiose count that we made of opinion in our district, people were in 
favor of term limitations.
  So as we begin the dateline here today on the debate on term 
limitations, I am bound by the voice of my people and I will vote in 
favor of term limitations. And no matter what the outcome, they will 
determine, in November of 1996, whether my term should expire.


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