Bill Clinton: “I want to help people on welfare, but I also want to reward people…”

On the recordJuly 30, 1995

I want to help people on welfare, but I also want to reward people who, on their own, are off of welfare, on modest incomes.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the National Governors' Association in Burlington, Vermont

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