U.S. Term Limits announced today that former New Hampshire State Representative Linda Massimilla has agreed to serve as the organization's New Hampshire State Co-Chair, alongside former State Senate President Chuck Morse. Massimilla, a longtime supporter of congressional term limits, will help lead efforts to pass a term limits resolution in the Granite State.
Representative Massimilla brings extensive public service experience to the role, having served as an elementary school teacher, adjunct faculty member at Plymouth State University, and state representative for Grafton 1. She sees the need for term limits as more urgent than ever. 'Now more than ever before, the need for term limits is crystal clear,' Massimilla said. 'Polls show that one issue that unites all citizens regardless of political affiliation is the need for congressional term limits. Over 80% of Americans want congressional term limits enacted at once to bring true reform to our government and end the dysfunction of entrenched ways that we see in Washington, D.C. daily.'
Massimilla emphasized the constitutional mechanism available to states to address such dysfunction. 'When government ceases to work for we the people, the Founding Fathers included a constitutional amendment process to be used by the states to right the country,' she noted. 'If the times we live in don't warrant this usage, then when does?' She expressed confidence that New Hampshire is ready to join the growing number of states calling for a constitutional amendment for congressional term limits.
Philip Blumel, President of U.S. Term Limits, welcomed Massimilla to the leadership team. 'We are honored to have Representative Massimilla leading our efforts in New Hampshire with Senator Morse to pass term limits for Congress,' Blumel said. 'Under their guidance, I am confident we will get our term limits resolution passed in New Hampshire.'
Massimilla has been recognized for her legislative work on child sex trafficking and veterans' issues, receiving a Women of Excellence Award from the National Foundation of Women Legislators and the Pollyanna Signature Award from her hometown of Littleton. U.S. Term Limits is the largest grassroots term limits advocacy group in the country, working to pass term limits at all levels of government. More information is available at termlimits.org.
