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Bill Clinton: We do not want to go back to the terrible conditions that paralyzed our Government and paralyzed our own people's…

On the recordJanuary 4, 1998
We do not want to go back to the terrible conditions that paralyzed our Government and paralyzed our own people's potential in 1992 when I took office.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the Federal Budget and an Exchange With Reporters

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