Political Quotes

“I have been a proponent of term limits for appointed members in the executive branch for some time, and especially on the Federal Election Commission. It now appears that we are in the final days of resolving this with the prospect that those term limits could be adopted for members on the Federal Election Commission. In view of the fact that some members of the Commission have served for the duration of the Commission, since about 1974, it just seemed to me that term limits are an appropriate remedy. That being the case, in order to get the bill signed without too much undue negotiation and/or a veto, I have agreed... that any person currently on the Commission or any person who might be appointed to or nominated for an appointment to the Commission between now and December 31 of this year would not be subject to that term limit immediately, but would be able to be appointed for a subsequent term, and that would be their last term. Anybody nominated or appointed following December 31 of this year would in fact be subject to the one-term, one 6-year term limit, and would only be able to serve 6 years at the most.”