Rod Blum: “In 3 years of campaigning, I have not yet, Mr. DeSantis, met one person in my district in northeast Iowa that is against…”

“In 3 years of campaigning, I have not yet, Mr. DeSantis, met one person in my district in northeast Iowa that is against term limits. Everyone wants us to hold a vote on term limits. And I consistently say this gets buried in committee because the worst nightmare of anybody in this body is to have to go on record as voting against term limits because, as I said in my speech, they go back to their districts and they say they are for reforming Congress. They are against the pension program. They are against first-class air travel. They are against $1,200-a-month luxury car leases. They are against becoming lobbyists when they retire from this body. They say they are for term limits. Their plane crosses the Potomac. They get in this body. They don't want to vote on those things because I think they are not really against them. People are tired of that. They are seeing through it. They are demanding that we have this vote. All we ask--all you are asking, all I am asking--is let's get this out of committee. Let's have a vote on this floor and see what happens. It may fail, but at least we got the vote; at least the people in my district and in your district in Florida were represented and had the chance to have a voice. {time} 1730 I think this is an overwhelmingly bipartisan issue. I am Republican, and my district is Democratic. But Democrats want a vote on term limits as well. I come from the private sector, Ron, and we listen to our customers.…”