Bill Clinton: “I think it's the single, most important question about social policy…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1997

I think it's the single, most important question about social policy today. You and I think about this all the time, but I don't know what you think about this. This is not in the notes, you know, he's not prepared to say this. [Secretary Rubin suggested a peer group approach to identify and promote best practices to deal with such problems.]

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