The American people recognize and appreciate dedicated public servants and the best public servants are those who can bring different life experiences, diverse agendas and change and energy to Washington. 

But too many Members of Congress have spent the majority of their lives in the halls of Washington. They don't know what it's like to live paycheck to paycheck, to run a business, to teach in our schools or protect our communities. Instead, we have career politicians who have turned being an elected official into a lifelong career - this must change. Republicans are corrupt enablers of Donald Trump - but Democrats get their lunch money taken. 

On Day One of the 120th Congress, Erik will introduce a package of bills to establish term limits for all Members of Congress serving in the House and Senate, and for Supreme Court Justices. No more lifetime jobs. 

By term limiting all members of the legislative and judicial bodies new leaders will have the opportunity to step up and shape the future while ensuring institutional knowledge is able to pass on. If Supreme Court Justices were limited to 18  years, Clarence Thomas would have left the court in 2009, Antonin Scalia in 2005 , and Anthony Kennedy in 2006. How different would our world be without Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brent Kavanaugh on the bench?

Erik's Term Limit Proposal: 

Six terms in the House and two terms in the Senate 

18 year lifetime maximum for Supreme Court Justices with automatic retirement at 70

Congress must be an energetic, prepared, lively, innovative, body for debate, with (hopefully healthy) disagreement and results. It should not be a nursing home, a place to phone it in, or live out the golden years. 

Seven Democrats have died in office over the past two years; most were in their late seventies and eighties; several actually ran while they were battling terminal illnesses. In fact, Donald Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill, had the votes in the House to squeak by because of empty seats caused by Democrats’ deaths. Scores of other members stay way past their prime. Voters are furious, and so is Erik. Not acceptable. And a thing of the past, if Erik has his way.

Erik views term limits as deeply connected to his broader agenda. If Democrats are listless, aged-out, and stuck in the old ways of thinking and doing business, that fails to deliver for everyday Americans – we will continue to lack the energy to stand up, fight Donald Trump, and win on other priorities in his agenda