[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3886-H3887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     URGING SUPPORT FOR TERM LIMITS

  (Mr. WHITE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WHITE. Mr. Speaker, I have only been here for a short period of 
time, just 3 months, but in that short period of time I have learned 
something about term limits.
  I have learned that there are lots of good people who have been in 
this House for a long period of time, people with experience who can 
add a lot to the debate, and if we pass term limits today, Mr. Speaker, 
some of those people will not be able to stay.
  But, Mr. Speaker, for every single person we will lose because of 
term limits, there are thousands and thousands of other Americans who 
could serve equally well in this House, because no matter how much 
experience we have in the House, no matter how many Rhodes Scholars we 
have in the White House, the genius of our country resides in the 
people of this country, not in professional politicians.
  [[Page H3887]] That is why I have limited my own term. That is why I 
will vote for term limits.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to show some humility. We need the 
wisdom of the American people in this House, and term limits is how we 
are going to get it.

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