Bill Clinton: “No one who works 40 hours a week and raises kids should be in poverty…”

On the recordFebruary 18, 1998

No one who works 40 hours a week and raises kids should be in poverty in this country.

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Dinner in West Orange, New Jersey

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Bill Clinton: “No one who works 40 hours a week and raises kids should be in poverty in this country.”