Bill Clinton actually said...

This new tax program that has been proposed by the Speaker's Ways and Means Committee would penalize the working poor and especially working poor mothers.

Context

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With the President's Advisory Board on Race and an Exchange With Reporters

06/12/1997

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