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On the recordJune 20, 1996
The most important statistic of all to me, therefore, is that last year average hourly earnings for American working people started to go up again for the first time in 10 years.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Convention in Chicago, Illinois

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