[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 59 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3981]
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                              TERM LIMITS

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, do my colleagues know what happened last 
night? The Gingrich Republicans overwhelmingly passed term limits and 
the Gephardt-Bonior-Volkmer Democrats unoverwhelmingly voted against 
them; 83 percent of the Republicans voted ``yes,'' 82 percent of the 
Democrats voted ``no.''
  And what we will find out, we are going to find out something very 
interesting in November 1996. We are going to find out if the elections 
of 1994, if the change of majority in this House in 1994 was a 
reflection of the people's desire to change power in Congress, to 
eliminate Democrats and elect Republicans of if it was really a mandate 
for term limits. That is what we will find out. I personally believe 
that the people have spoken very clearly with respect to term limits, 
but they are going to have an opportunity again in 1996 to speak 
clearly on this, because we have got so many Members of this House, the 
overwhelming majority of whom are Democrats, who are coming from States 
that have already enacted term limits, a couple of my good friends on 
the other side right here, and they voted against their own 
constituents last night.
  So we will find out in the fall of 1996.
  

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