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Orrin Hatch: If Michael Jordan wants to make $60 or $80 million a year, or Tiger Woods, who is earning millions of dollars a year…

On the recordJune 11, 1998
If Michael Jordan wants to make $60 or $80 million a year, or Tiger Woods, who is earning millions of dollars a year, should Congress be setting their salary?
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the issue of salary regulation for high-earning athletes.

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