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Bill Clinton: “I believe we're going to do that, but we don't have to do it in a Draconian way that hurts the American people.”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1995
I believe we're going to do that, but we don't have to do it in a Draconian way that hurts the American people.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Mayors and County Officials and an Exchange With Reporters

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