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Bill Clinton: “I do believe it’s a huge step forward over what we have now, which is nothing.”

On the recordDecember 18, 1996
I do believe it’s a huge step forward over what we have now, which is nothing.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Following a Briefing on the Television Rating System and an Exchange With Reporters

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