Limiting Terms of Office for Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, January 22, 1997 |
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Page 12 - STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN D. DINGELL, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MICHIGAN Mr. DINGELL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Page 32 - It is not possible that an assembly of men called for the most part from pursuits of a private nature, continued in appointment for a short time, and led by no permanent motive to devote the intervals of public occupation to a study of the laws, the affairs, and the comprehensive interests of their country, should, if...
Page 43 - I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
Page 8 - ... by members from California. We have four on this committee. I do not know how they got four of them, but they are here. They love roads, Mr. Chairman. Mr. KLUCZYNSKI. But they are a very interested State. The Chair will now recognize another fine gentleman from California, Mr. Clausen. Mr. CLAUSEN. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I certainly want to associate myself with the remarks of our friend, Mr. Baldwin, from California, in welcoming Mr. MacDougall to the committee. I think there is...
Page 44 - Instead, careful study of Congress and every other sector of society suggests that greater professionalism is a necessary offshoot of the growth and specialization of the modern world. If the political rules are rewritten to make it impossible to build a career in Congress, then the institution will have to rely on the professionalism of others to do its job, whether they are staff members, bureaucrats, or lobbyists. The revolt against professionalism is part of a broader populist resentment of elites...
Page 41 - ... Ninety-one percent of House members who sought re-election in 1994 were returned to office last November. Despite the amount of new Members in Congress this year, incumbents are still heavily padded with what could be called an "incumbency protection plan.
Page 57 - State, being 21 years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such . . . citizens shall bear to the whole number of ... citizens 21 years of age in such State...
Page 32 - ... called for the most part from pursuits of a private nature, continued in appointment for a short time, and led by no permanent motive to devote the intervals of public occupation to a study of the laws, the affairs, and the comprehensive interests of their country, should, if left wholly to themselves, escape a variety of important errors in the exercise of their legislative trust.
Page 8 - ... How many times have you heard anybody say that recently? I think if we had a different kind of system, we would be more likely to see that on a consistent basis. I think we would be more likely to do something about the cynicism that we have seen, which has been too prevalent for too many years. Mr. Chairman, I commend you for holding this hearing, and I commend the House leadership for bringing this important issue to the attention of the full House as a top priority of the 105th Congress. Mr....
Page 28 - Congress a public esteem which, joined with the institution's constitutional advantages, would temper and even reverse the drift toward Presidential government that has occurred since the fourth decade of this century. Furthermore, I believe term limits are desirable in the context of the modern State, not in order to bring Congress "closer to the people...