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Bill Clinton: No. It may look like that, but the bottom line--it wasn't an act of cronyism. The bottom line is if we can run an office…

On the recordMay 27, 1993
No. It may look like that, but the bottom line--it wasn't an act of cronyism. The bottom line is if we can run an office with three that they were taking seven to run, and we can save 25 percent off a trip because we have competitive bidding when they didn't have competitive bidding, the press saves money and the taxpayers save money. That was my only objection. If anything wrong was done, Mr. McLarty will correct it. This is a do-right deal, not a do-wrong deal. Let's not obscure what happened. We were trying to do the people's work with less money. Mining Reform Legislation Mr. Smith. Do you have a question?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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