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On the recordOctober 12, 1996
Yes, balance the budget, but we can do it without wrecking Medicare, Medicaid, education, the environment, or abolishing the laboratories of the Department of Energy.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the Community in Albuquerque, New Mexico

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