Bill Clinton actually said...

Increasing the Federal employment costs at such an extraordinary rate would render those budgets inadequate to provide the planned level of services.

Context

Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting an Alternative Plan for Federal Employee Locality-Based Comparability Payments

11/29/2000

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