Bill Clinton actually said...

I urge the Congress to work with me in good faith to produce a bipartisan welfare reform agreement that is tough on work and responsibility, but not tough on children and on parents who are responsible and who want to work.

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval Legislation on the Welfare System

01/08/1996

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