CONGRESSMAN GAETZ ISSUES STATEMENT ON HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE'S FAILURE TO PASS TERM LIMITS LEGISLATION

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) released the following statement regarding the final failed vote in the House Judiciary Committee to advance term-limits legislation to the House floor. The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-05) and co-sponsored by Rep. Gaetz, was voted down in the House Judiciary Committee by a vote of 17-19.

“In January, during the contest for Speaker of the House, there was a group of us who wanted to change the way Washington, D.C., operates before allowing Kevin McCarthy to ascend to the speakership. These concessions included the advancement of single-subject spending bills, advancing balanced budgets, and, critically, taking a vote on term limits.

For the last eight months, Speaker McCarthy has been in breach of that agreement. Just weeks ago, I took to the House floor to inform Speaker McCarthy that if he did not hold a vote on term limits, then he would face a motion to vacate. It seems that those remarks may have animated him because we voted on terms limits today in the House Judiciary Committee.

Today marks an important first step in achieving term limits for the Legislative Branch. Although the vote failed 17-19, the American People now know who supports term limits and who does not,” said Congressman Gaetz. 

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