[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3888]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


            EIGHTY PERCENT OF AMERICANS SUPPORT 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, polls estimate, as everybody knows, 
that 80 percent of Americans support term limits. Yet I know there are 
some Republicans who do not, but there are some Democrats who, frankly, 
oppose, and have actively done so, for some time. Frustrated by 40 
years of Democratic inaction and blatant obstruction to term limits, 
the American people were forced to take this battle to the ballot box, 
State by State, in a grassroots effort to circumvent an arrogant 
Congress that thought it knew better than those people it represented.
  The makeup of today's Congress is very different, in large part 
because of the term-limit movement. The new majority believes the 
people have a right to be heard, and that is why this GOP-led Congress 
is bringing a historic first ever vote on term limits to the floor of 
the House today.
  For those Democrats sitting on the fence on term limits, just talking 
about those on the fence, look back at last year's election. Many of 
your colleagues who fought against the will of the people, about 35 of 
them, are not here. They are now watching this debate as observers 
instead of Members of Congress.
  The way I see it, we either get your vote on term limits today or we 
will get your seat in 1996. Think about it.


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