Bill Clinton: “We must clean up the 40 percent of our waterways that still are too…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1999

We must clean up the 40 percent of our waterways that still are too polluted for fishing and swimming.

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Remarks on the 150th Anniversary of the Department of the Interior

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Bill Clinton: “We must clean up the 40 percent of our waterways that still are too polluted for fishing and swimming.”