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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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