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On the recordJanuary 29, 1995
We do have a national interest in the welfare of these children and in changing the welfare system so that it promotes responsibility and lifts people up without punishing children who were not the cause of the problems that they face in life.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the National Governors' Association

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