Bill Clinton: “We do have to finish the job and balance the budget; the question is…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 1996

We do have to finish the job and balance the budget; the question is how.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to Employees at the Peterbilt Truck Plant in Nashville, Tennessee

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