Bill Clinton actually said...

The American economy is once again on the path to renewal, the path of rising output, increasing employment, and falling deficits.

Remarks on Signing the Economic Report of the President and an Exchange With Reporters

02/13/1994

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It continues the successful economic policy that we adopted beginning with the budget in 1993.

That means that it will decline for the 6th year in a row, a truly historic event.

The answer to the first question is yes.

I want to say just exactly what I said. We don't have a surplus.