Bill Clinton: “Until we find a way to reward the working poor and to move people from…”

On the recordJuly 25, 1993

Until we find a way to reward the working poor and to move people from welfare to work, our economic recovery is going to be limited.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks to the Conference on the Future of the American Workplace in Chicago, Illinois

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