Burgess Owens: “Well, Mr. Speaker, I would tell the gentlewoman that it is more than…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2005

Well, Mr. Speaker, I would tell the gentlewoman that it is more than 60 years old. And if I had a glass of wine here, I would drink a toast to it. Let us drink a toast to an aging lady in her 60s. That is really the prime these days. The most beautiful program that ever was developed, Social Security. It does not need an extreme makeover. It may need a few repairs here and there, but it does not need the kind of demolition that the President is planning for Social Security, the greatest program we have ever had. And we should all work and fight together to keep it.

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Burgess Owens

Republican · Utah

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Defending Social Security during a debate on proposed changes to the program.

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Burgess Owens: “Well, Mr. Speaker, I would tell the gentlewoman that it is more than 60 years old. And if I had a glass of wine here, I…”

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