John Chenoweth: “Mr. Chairman, term limits are what we need to give government back to the people. Limiting the service of Members of…”

“Mr. Chairman, term limits are what we need to give government back to the people. Limiting the service of Members of Congress will result in new people with better and more innovative ideas who have been out in the real world working hard and providing for their families. I believe so strongly in the value of citizen legislators over career politicians that I have imposed a three-term term limit on myself. And I mean it. It is important to know that many of our Founding Fathers extolled the virtues of a limited Government service. In the Federalist Papers, James Madison wrote, "It is essential to such a Government that it be derived from the great body of the society and not from an inconsiderable proportion or a favored class of it." I believe that the best way to achieve this goal of a citizen-led Government is to draw from the citizenry on a very regular basis, and the way to create more opportunities for citizen legislators is to discourage people from building careers out of public service. A constitutional amendment for term limits will stop career politicians by restoring the power to the people of this great country.”