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Bill Clinton: The poverty rate fell to 13.3 percent, and while we still have plenty of room for improvement, the African-American…

On the recordSeptember 23, 1998
The poverty rate fell to 13.3 percent, and while we still have plenty of room for improvement, the African-American poverty rate fell to another record low.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the Census Bureau Report on Income and Poverty and an Exchange With Reporters

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