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U.S. Senators Katie Britt, R-Ala., Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ten of their Senate Republican colleagues reintroduced an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to impose term limits on members of Congress. The amendment would limit U.S. Senators to two six-year terms and Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to three two-year terms after its enactment.
“Our country deserves leaders truly accountable to the people they serve, which is why I proudly cosponsored the U.S. Term Limits Amendment as one of my first actions in the 119th Congress. I am honored to fight for Alabamians and will continue supporting reforms to get Washington working for the American people once again,” said Senator Britt.
U.S. Term Limits’ Shanna Chamblee, who is also an Alabamian, recently presented Senator Britt with an award to honor her commitment to amending the U.S. Constitution to impose congressional term limits. This is the second consecutive Congress in which Senator Britt has received this recognition for fulfilling her pledge to support the term limits amendment.
“U.S. Term Limits is proud to acknowledge Senator Britt as a champion of term limits,” said Shanna Chamblee of U.S. Term Limits. “It is a recognition that the seniority system just isn’t working and Congress as an institution needs to be reformed.”
Senators Britt and Cruz were joined by Senators Mike Lee, R-Utah, Rick Scott, R-Fla., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Todd Young, R-Ind., Steve Daines, R-Mont., Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Jim Banks, R-Ind., in reintroducing the amendment.
“Term limits are critical to fixing what’s wrong with Washington, D.C. The Founding Fathers envisioned a government of citizen legislators who would serve for a few years and return home, not a government run by a small group of special interests and lifelong, permanently entrenched politicians who prey upon the brokenness of Washington to govern in a manner that is totally unaccountable to the American people. Term limits bring about long-overdue accountability. I urge my colleagues to advance this amendment to the states so that it may be quickly ratified and become a constitutional amendment,” Senator Cruz said.
Senator Britt prior to being elected signed a pledge vowing to cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits Amendment. Senator Britt has now cosponsored Senator Cruz’s resolution proposing a term limit amendment in both the 118th and 119th Congresses.
