IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 171 
Reaffirming the Twenty-second Amendment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2025 
Mr. GOLDMAN of New York submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the Twenty-second Amendment. 
Whereas, on March 3, 2018, President Trump expressed an 
interest in being ‘‘President for life’’, stating that Chi-
nese President Xi Jinping ‘‘was able to do that. I think 
it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot someday’’; 
Whereas, on April 12, 2018, in a speech to Members of Con-
gress touting his tax law, President Trump mused about 
staying in office beyond two Presidential terms, asking 
Members, ‘‘Should we go back to sixteen years? Should 
we do that? Congressman, can we do that?’’; 
Whereas, on April 18, 2019, President Trump told a crowd 
that he might remain in the Oval Office ‘‘at least for 10 
or 14 years’’; 
Whereas, on May 20, 2019, at a campaign event in Pennsyl-
vania President Trump mused about serving five terms 
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in the White House, telling the crowd that after winning 
in 2020, ‘‘maybe if we really like it a lot and if things 
keep going like they’re going, we’ll go and we’ll do what 
we have to do. We’ll do a three and a four and a five’’; 
Whereas, on June 16, 2019, President Trump asked his 
Twitter followers that after a potential second term, ‘‘do 
you think the people would demand that I stay longer?’’; 
Whereas, on June 24, 2019, in an interview with The Hill, 
President Trump floated the idea of staying in office for 
more than two terms; ‘‘Well, we have to go through the 
six years or whatever it may be when—when you know, 
would I like to get a ride out of some of your com-
patriots, say, go through the six, 10, 14, maybe 18 years, 
whatever it may be’’; 
Whereas, on August 17, 2020, President Trump told 
rallygoers in Wisconsin, ‘‘We are going to win four more 
years. And then after that, we’ll go for another four 
years because they spied on my campaign. We should get 
a redo of four years’’; 
Whereas, on September 13, 2020, President Trump told 
rallygoers in Nevada, ‘‘we’re going to win four more 
years in the White House. And then after that, well nego-
tiate, right? Because we’re probably–based on the way we 
were treated–we are probably entitled to another four 
after that’’; 
Whereas President Trump shared a video on Twitter on June 
21, 2019, February 5, 2020, and August 4, 2020, that 
depicts him remaining in office indefinitely; 
Whereas, on December 7, 2023, President Trump told Fox 
News that he would be a dictator on ‘‘day one’’; 
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Whereas a contributor to Project 2025 has advocated for the 
repeal of the Twenty-second Amendment because it is an 
‘‘arbitrary restraint’’ that would ‘‘constrain’’ a future 
Trump Presidency; 
Whereas, on April 12, 2024, when asked by a TIME maga-
zine reporter whether individuals in the United States 
should be concerned about his ‘‘talk of dictatorship’’, 
President Trump stated that he thinks ‘‘a lot of people 
like it’’; 
Whereas, on May 19, 2024, President Trump openly mused 
about serving a third Presidential term while speaking to 
the National Rifle Association, asking the crowd ‘‘I don’t 
know, are we going to be considered three-term or two- 
term?’’, and ‘‘are we three term or two term if we win?’’; 
Whereas, on July 26, 2024, President Trump told attendees 
of a conservative Christian event that they ‘‘won’t have 
to vote anymore’’ if he is elected in November, adding 
‘‘it’ll be fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote’’; 
Whereas President Donald Trump told Republican members 
of the House of Representatives, on November 13, 2024, 
that ‘‘I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say 
he’s so good we got to figure something else out.’’; 
Whereas, on January 27, 2025, President Trump told House 
Republicans at a retreat that ‘‘I’ve raised a lot of money 
for the next race that I assume I can’t use for myself, 
but I’m not 100% sure, because I don’t know. I think 
I’m not allowed to run again, I’m not sure. Am I allowed 
to run again, Mike? I better not get you involved in 
that.’’; 
Whereas, on February 6, 2025 at the National Prayer Break-
fast, President Trump once again mused about the possi-
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