Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 18, 1995
We cannot grow the American economy in the 21st century if we continue to have pockets of abject poverty where people are dying to go to work.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Teleconference Remarks and Question-and-Answer Session With the National Council of La Raza

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