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




                       AMERICA NEEDS TERM LIMITS

  (Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, we need to adopt term limits. 
Eighty-five percent of the American people support limits on the time a 
Member may serve in Congress.
  The current system of entrenched power and almost perpetual 
incumbency has produced a political climate of cynicism and distrust 
among the American people. Term limits, with their built-in mandate for 
accountability, can move us toward restoring faith of a wary public in 
their government in Washington.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not a partisan issue. While Republicans just won 
control of both Houses for the first time in 40 years, we are reaching 
across the aisle and urging our Democrat colleagues to join us in 
fundamentally changing the way Washington works. It is my hope that the 
voters' demand for change will not become just another electoral echo 
but will remain vivid and distinct in our ears.
  The American people deserve a Congress that is answerable directly to 
them. This is the meaning of the 1994 election. Mr. Speaker, we want a 
Congress that is truly a reformed Congress; that demands term limits 
now.


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