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On the recordSeptember 18, 2023
I would just urge you and my conservative colleagues who mistakenly believe that term limits are going to improve the Legislative Branch, please, please look to States like California that succumbed to that siren song, and ask yourself if you really want to send the Congress in that direction.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock warns against term limits, citing negative effects observed in California.

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