Bill Clinton: “We began 8 years ago to put our fiscal house in order at a time when…”

On the recordDecember 27, 2000

We began 8 years ago to put our fiscal house in order at a time when the Federal deficit was $290 billion and rising.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the Budget and an Exchange With Reporters

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Bill Clinton: “We began 8 years ago to put our fiscal house in order at a time when the Federal deficit was $290 billion and rising.”