Bill Clinton: “I think every child in America ought to have the same chance your…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1998

I think every child in America ought to have the same chance your children do to fish or swim or float on a river that's clean and pure.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the American Heritage Rivers Designation Signing Ceremony in Ashe County

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