Bill Clinton: “We have waged an unprecedented campaign to make deadbeat parents live…”

On the recordJune 23, 1998

We have waged an unprecedented campaign to make deadbeat parents live up to their obligations.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on Signing the Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 and an Exchange With Reporters

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