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Burgess Owens: “Does the gentleman realize this is about inside sales, which means people cannot go home and make phone calls from home.…”

On the recordJune 10, 1998
Does the gentleman realize this is about inside sales, which means people cannot go home and make phone calls from home. They have to be on the job. That is the whole thing. They are bound to the job. They are bound at the spot. They are bound at the spot. They are inside.
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Burgess Owens
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the nature of inside sales during a debate.

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