Mike Thompson: “I think this would do more to enhance the U.S. Congress in the eyes of the American people, make it a part of them, and…”

“I think this would do more to enhance the U.S. Congress in the eyes of the American people, make it a part of them, and open it up for them. It would give the 250 million people in this country--we have 250 million. They say, ``My goodness, if we had term limits, we would not have had Senator Jones here for all of these years. We all acknowledge that our Republic would surely have fallen if we had not had Senator Jones.'' But we have 250 million people. How many potentially wonderful contributors to our society are there out there, if we open up that system for them and let them compete in the political marketplace without having to overcome the insurmountable odds and money that our system has thrown in their way?”