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Newt Gingrich: “On July 13, 1995, speaking to the National Governors' Association, President Clinton asked the Governors to send him…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1996
On July 13, 1995, speaking to the National Governors' Association, President Clinton asked the Governors to send him waivers on welfare and he said, "If you do that, you sign them, you send them to me and we will approve them within 30 days."... I call on President Clinton today to keep his word to the Governors and to sign the Wisconsin welfare waivers and allow the people of Wisconsin to reform welfare.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the failure of the Clinton administration to approve Wisconsin's welfare waivers.

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