Rod Grams: “Mr. President, as Americans from across this great Nation demand true congressional reform and greater accountability…”

“Mr. President, as Americans from across this great Nation demand true congressional reform and greater accountability from their elected officials, I rise today to strongly support this resolution which would impose term limits on Congress. When I ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992, I made a firm commitment to the voters of Minnesota's Sixth District that I would support Federal term limits. When I ran for the Senate in 1994, I made that same commitment. And amidst a political climate of voter distrust and disgust with the system, I firmly believe that my strong support for term limits is one of the reasons I won both of those elections. On January 5, 1993, after I was sworn into public office for the first time, the very first thing I did was cosponsor a bill to establish term limits for Members of Congress: two 6-year terms for Senators, and six 2-year terms for Members of the House. After 2 years in the House, and now into my second year of serving in the Senate, my enthusiasm for term limits has not wavered. If anything, I am even more convinced that congressional term limits would be the single most important reform measure Congress could pass this session.”