Bill Clinton: “I hope we'll use this time to pay down our debt and get this country…”

On the recordAugust 22, 2000

I hope we'll use this time to pay down our debt and get this country out of debt for the first time since 1835.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at Crossroads Middle School in Monmouth Junction

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Bill Clinton: “I hope we'll use this time to pay down our debt and get this country out of debt for the first time since 1835.”