On the recordApril 22, 1996
I believe strongly that Washington would not be out of touch with average Americans if Members of Congress were not permitted to make a career out of serving in Congress, and instead came to Washington to serve only for a time, and then return to live under the laws they passed. More than 200 years ago, the Founders of this great Nation fought and won a war that replaced a tyrannical, permanent government in London with a democratic Republic where the people, not an aristocracy, rule. James Madison wrote in Federalist 10 of his concern about the influence special interests--he called them factions would have if Members of Congress were permitted to remain in office for too long. He argued that without the regular rotation of citizens into and out of elected office, those elected would put the interests of the well-connected ahead of the interests of the country. Mr. President, Madison was right.
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