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Burgess Owens: Perhaps this is one way that they can get on the right side of history, by doing something that is a moral obligation to…

On the recordApril 18, 1996
Perhaps this is one way that they can get on the right side of history, by doing something that is a moral obligation to working Americans so that they can at least go to work every day and then come home and not have to live in poverty.
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Burgess Owens
Republican · Utah

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Addressing the responsibilities of the Republican majority towards working Americans.

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