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Bill Clinton: “If we can't do it now, when our economy and our prospects and our confidence are so strong, then when?”

On the recordAugust 3, 1998
If we can't do it now, when our economy and our prospects and our confidence are so strong, then when?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on the Anniversary of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

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