Bill Clinton: “I cannot permit it to happen.”

On the recordDecember 17, 1995

I cannot permit it to happen.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on Vetoing Appropriations Legislation for the Departments of the Interior, Veterans Affairs, and Housing and Urban...

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