Bill Clinton: “One of the best things we did in the last session of Congress, in the last days, was to add 200,000 more work-study…”

“One of the best things we did in the last session of Congress, in the last days, was to add 200,000 more work-study slots. There was another 100,000 in my new budget. If they pass, we will go to a million people on work-study in this country in the next 2 years. If we can do that, surely--if you think about the numbers you're talking about, you're talking about maybe 100,000 nationwide of the million people that must be in the work force--surely we can get some consideration for permitting a certain number of hours worked on the campus in connection with the legislation. I want to say that I think the one thing that I know that is not working, the way this thing is being applied now, is rules that in effect force people out of college. You know, we're cutting off our nose to spite our face. These are not people who do not want to work. So I will work on that for you. [A participant presented the President with a gift.]”