[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 59 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  REJECTING TERM LIMITS IS A BAD IDEA

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I am glad the gentlewoman from Colorado [Mrs. 
Schroeder] brought that prop of a crown because I truly believe that 
represents what went on in this Congress last night when we rejected 
term limits. We crowned ourselves that we are here for life, that we 
disregard the peoples' wishes and we have made ourselves potentates in 
a body of the people and for the people.
  I came here as a grandson of Polish and Irish immigrants. My parents 
both worked for a living. My father was a football coach, my mother 
worked for an eye doctor. They instilled in me the values of hard work 
and citizenship. I hear repeatedly from the other side that we are 
taking away the safety net from the people. The net that we must 
provide is for the people like Kelly Largent, the 10-year-old who is on 
the House floor today, son of the Speaker pro tempore [Mr. Largent], 
who wants to survive in America because this is the greatest place on 
Earth. They do not need government handouts, they need freedom, the 
ability, the way to work and respect for this Nation. That is the only 
way we are going to get ourselves out of our deficit. That is the only 
way we are going to grow our way out of the poverty level, not by 
continued handouts.

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