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On the recordJuly 16, 1997
I will say this, and I say this with some hesitance of being misinterpreted, but I am going to say it, President Clinton was a supporter of this program before it was created. He advocated it before it was created. He was a proponent of it. So his involvement in pushing it or advocating it should in no way indicate any ill intent on his part.
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Spencer Bachus
Alabama

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Defending President Clinton's involvement in a program during a committee discussion.

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