Bill Clinton: “We ended welfare as we knew it and made way for a system based on the…”

On the recordAugust 3, 1998

We ended welfare as we knew it and made way for a system based on the dignity of independence and the value of work.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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

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