[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TERM LIMITS DEPRIVE PEOPLE OF CHOICE BETWEEN CITIZEN LEGISLATORS AND 
                            PUBLIC SERVANTS

  (Mrs. McCARTHY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, today the House of 
Representatives will vote on term limit legislation. I have always 
believed in citizen legislators who work hard for the people, who 
accomplish things to make their communities a better place to live and 
then step aside after a few terms to let others into office to achieve 
new goals. It is what I have believed in and the kind of representative 
I am.
  At the same time, I also believe in devoted public servants, citizens 
who dedicate their lives to learning the laws and doing good things for 
others. I believe Congress needs people like Senator Bob Dole and 
Patrick Moynihan, people who spend their lives working to improve our 
lives.
  Term limits will deprive people of their choice between citizen 
legislators and public servants, and we do not need that. Term limits 
come from the voters at the election booth and from the legislators 
themselves, not from the Congress.

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