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Bill Clinton: We now have the lowest unemployment rate in 29 years, the lowest welfare rolls in 32 years, the lowest crime rates in 26…

On the recordOctober 6, 1999
We now have the lowest unemployment rate in 29 years, the lowest welfare rolls in 32 years, the lowest crime rates in 26 years, the lowest poverty rates in 20 years, the first back-to-back surpluses in 42 years, the longest peacetime expansion in history, and 19 1/2 million new jobs.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at an Empire State Pride Gala in New York City

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