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Burgess Owens: “That is the task before us, to repeal those pieces of legislation; also to do everything possible to get laws in place…”

On the recordApril 29, 1997
That is the task before us, to repeal those pieces of legislation; also to do everything possible to get laws in place which will not allow them to keep beating down the work force, to wipe out organized labor. There are a lot of things we can do right now to stop this. Our own tax laws allow the CEO's of American corporations to earn these obscene salaries. By the way, they earn the highest salaries in the world.
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Burgess Owens
Republican · Utah

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Addressing the need to repeal legislation that undermines organized labor and corporate salary structures.

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