Bill Clinton: “I had to veto a couple of bills first, but then we said, 'Okay…”

On the recordAugust 3, 2000

I had to veto a couple of bills first, but then we said, 'Okay, able-bodied people ought to go to work.'

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Remarks at a Reception for Hillary Clinton in Nantucket, Massachusetts

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