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Bill Clinton: “I don't know. Maybe it's just--part of it may be the Presidential politics over there. I don't know. There may be--but…”

On the recordMarch 11, 1996
I don't know. Maybe it's just--part of it may be the Presidential politics over there. I don't know. There may be--but in any case, I think--at one time Senator Dole endorsed these concepts, so I would like to just see--let's just get a vote on it, pass it to the House, and let me sign the bill. It is a--it's not the biggest measure in the world, but it's kind of like family and medical leave; it's a specific thing that could help millions of Americans who are being dislocated now in this new economy. And I'd really like to see it passed. It's just something that we can do that we've got business and labor agreed on, and the health insurance companies will make their adjustments. It will be fine. They'll work out. They'll do fine. Welfare Reform
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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