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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 8, 2000

I am extremely pleased that today the House passed H.R. 4386, the 'Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act,' in an overwhelming bipartisan vote.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Oct 20, 1999

By passing H.R. 2 today, the House took an important step toward improving educational opportunities for the Nation's most disadvantaged students.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jul 15, 1999

I welcome and applaud passage today by the House of Representatives of the African growth and opportunity act.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jun 18, 1999

This week the House of Representatives gutted our bill in the dark of night—literally, after midnight—because the gun lobby didn't want commonsense gun legislation to see the light of day.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jun 17, 1999

Instead of closing the deadly gun show loophole, the House of Representatives voted in the dark of night to let criminals keep buying guns at gun shows.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jun 17, 1999

This week, instead of listening to the American people and strengthening our gun laws, the House of Representatives listened to the gun lobby and did nothing at all.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Aug 4, 1998

I am very disappointed that the House failed to adopt an amendment to the FY '99 Commerce-Justice-State appropriations bill.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Aug 3, 1998

I am pleased that the House has passed the 'Credit Union Membership Access Act' to protect and strengthen credit unions for the 71 million Americans who own, use, and rely upon them.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jul 22, 1998

I am pleased that the House of Representatives, in a bipartisan fashion, today rejected an unwise and unwarranted attempt to deny the American people the facts about global warming.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Nov 28, 1994

I call on the Senate to pass GATT with the same strong, bipartisan support as it received in the House of Representatives.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Aug 5, 1994

Before the House of Representatives can vote on a bill, it must agree on the rules for debate about the bill.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· May 4, 1994

The House of Representatives rose to the occasion and stood up for the national interest.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Jun 16, 1993

I think it is a great advance, and I'm elated that the bill is going on to the House.

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George H.W. Bush
@georgehwbush· Republican · TX· May 23, 1991

We need many, many more like him in the United States House of Representatives, believe me.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 29, 1980

I am delighted that the House of Representatives today joined the Senate in accepting the conference report on the mental health systems act.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Mar 12, 1980

I am very pleased that the House of Representatives today approved the conference report on the windfall profits tax by a substantial majority.

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